Elona of the Great Green

When it rains fairies often head for shelter deeper within the tree. In the tree’s trunk is where fairies make their homes. When the weather turns wet like it is on this very spring day fairies will often sit by the light of fireflies and dance together inside their fairy hollows.

Henry Alan and Elona arrive home in time to eat a meal of fresh flowers and honey. Queen Alesasha has kindly prepared a large helping for the two wayward fairies. She gazes sweetly at Elona, the tiny fairy who showed up on her doorstep years ago. You see a fairy is born the very moment a newborn baby laughs for the fist time. From that time forward, that fairy and the baby are joined. It is still a fairy rule not to let themselves be seen by non believers, as the disbelief of a child can end a fairy’s life, on rare occasions it is possible for a fairy and the human child who created them, to meet. Elona, on the other hand has taken this liberty much too far and Queen Alesasha fears she could endanger tribe one day.

Queen Alesasha’s gaze shifts to Henry Alan as a glow of pride crosses her face. “That fairy”, she thinks to herself, “will never get himself into trouble. He’s a very well behaved boy.” This fact gave her much relief as looks over to Elona, who even today is covered in leaf dust, which means she’s stepped too far outside of the tree during the light of mid day.

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