My fairy adventures

The princess who slept for a hundred years

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The Princess Who Slept for a Hundred Years Once upon a time, in a not so far away kingdom, a fairy princess was born to the delight of all magical folk across the land. Her mother, the fairy queen, announced a grand ball to celebrate the arrival of her heir. Everyone in the land was invited to come and pay homage to the beautiful little fairy… well almost everyone. A fantastic banquet was laid on for the guests and the magical castle was filled with music and joyful chatter. One by one the guests approached the queen to congratulate her...

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A Fairy Christmas Carol

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A Fairy Christmas Carol         “Please Mr Smudge, magic dust is so hard to find and your workforce of elves seem to have collected it all and left none for us. Could you not find it in your heart to share some of yours, after all you have not spread any magic for years” pleaded the fairies.   “In a word, no,” growled Smudge.  “Sprite, show these fairies out of my Hallow”  “Could we not spread some fairy-dust on the children especially for Christmas,” pleaded, Sprite. “No, Sprite, human children today do not deserve any of our magic...

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The Elves and the Shoe maker

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One of my favourite fairy tales is the Elves and the Shoe Maker as even though they are such mischievous little guys they really have hearts of gold.. THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER                                                                                                 There once was a poor shoemaker. I mean that he was a shoemaker who had very little money. Not...

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A story from Brierley Hill

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I like to keep in touch with all my kith and kin around the country and I had a letter this week from my cousin from Brierley Hill, West Midlands that I would love to share with you:   Dear Bluebell, Hope you are keeping well.  I have had quite an eventful week I can tell you. I was perched in my favourite place on the top of the bird house at the bottom of the garden, because as you know I am quite partial to bread crumbs.  Most of the birds that visit are very friendly but there is...

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Lolly's Blackpool Adventure

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25 August: Lolly has packed her trunk and is excited to be on her way to Blackpool 25 August: She arrives just in time to catch the sunset 26 August: After checking in at her BnB she was off to see the sights and to discover what sweet treats Blackpool had to offer 27 August: Patrons at the B n B were slightly bemused this morning when they saw the table laid out for breakfast 27 August: Cheeky Lolly's left her clothes all over Blackpool tower. Oh my how rude 27 August: Lolly was very disappointed to find out she'd arrived in Blackpool...

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