The Wand

Tina was angry! She had tried to cast a spell at the king’s ball but had been denied. “Can you imagine?” she thought, “Me! Just imagine that the most adorable fairy in the countryside is not allowed to cast her spell.”

Just the thought of it made Tina’s blood boil. Was it truly her fault that her wand had been bent and wouldn’t work? King Trenton had grown tired, so when it came time for Tina, she had been dismissed after just five minutes. King Trenton wouldn’t wait another second.

“Oh, what am I going to do? The humiliation of it all!” thought Tina.

Tina began trying to straighten her wand, hoping that it would help. She thought smugly to herself that the spell she was planning to cast was “prosperity.” No other fairy had remembered to use that one.

“I bet the King will wish for that in a few years,” thought Tina.

She pulled harder on her wand, when all of a sudden it snapped in two. Tina sat staring at what she had done. Did this mean she would never cast a spell again? Did that mean that she wasn’t a fairy anymore? Why was she always in a mess?

Tina went straight to the head fairy’s house and pounded on the door. She glanced at her watch to see that it was very late in the evening. Was it too late to call on the head fairy now? Tina cringed when she thought of creating another mishap this evening.