The Fairy's New Wings

One day, when the wizard was feeling unwell ... he magicked a spell that missed a little bit. Some of his magic accidentally fell. A fairy was flying by in the sky and asked the fairy if he had a spell he could try. He said he was tired and needed new wings ... he asked the wizard for some wind, a Sunny day as well as all kinds of things. As magic sticks, when the wizard performed a magic trick, the fairy picked up a little bit. The fairy's new wings were the talk of the town. All the elves marvelled as the fairy flew around. When the fairy flapped his new wings, magic moondust flew everywhere and birds started to sing. Unfortunately, the wings the fairy tried, didn't fit fairly that well because they belonged to a firefly. No wonder the next time that he flew, he crashed into a house as the wind blew. The fairy flapped his new wings some more ... heading for the door ... but his wings were so disproportionate, he fell onto the floor. He buzzed around with the wasps and bees and got taken off course on a gust of breeze. The fairy circled in the air, so much - his wings soon wore out ... and he bumped into a rabbit hutch. The fairy was jealous of the butterfly who had the prettiest wings of all ... he asked the fairy if he had a spare pair that he could try - size twenty four. Before he knew it, he was gliding through the sky, tryingly. The fairy's wings helped him fling flyingly. The fairy's new wings matched the wallpaper, perfectly, although when the fairy tried to fly, he flapped more than a newspaper and crashed into a greenfly. The fairy's new wings soon got ripped as the fairy tripped, slipped and became entangled on a rose bush, performing a double back flip. The fairy stitched his wings with a piece of cobweb given to him by a friendly spider, but his sewing wasn't that brilliant and he never studied embroidery at school. The fairy could swing with his new wings. The fairy's new wings were really so magic, next, the fairy tripped the light fantastic. Nor had the fairy ever learned to read a map, so his navigation wasn't that good and he couldn't steer his new wings as he should. Nor had the fairy ever learned to read a map, so his navigation wasn't that good and he couldn't steer his new wings as he should. The fairy flew this way and then flew that, he bumped into a tree and met up with a flea jumping off the cat. When he thought his flying couldn't get much worse, the fairy considered a driving lessons or even a circumnavigation course. Even though in the rain, her new wings got wetter, that way she knew, that he would fly much better. The fairy's new wings liked his new wings a lot ... he quickly took off as he jumped up an down on the spot showing the new wings that he'd got.

Activity Make a pair of fairy wings.

Fairy - Nuff Comprehension Activity

Where did the wizard's spell land when it missed ? Where was the fairy flying and who did he ask to help ? Who did the fairy buzzed around with ? What did he bump into ? Why was the fairy jealous of the butterfly ? What size were the fairy's wings ? The fairy's new wings matched what perfectly ? He flapped more than what and crashed into what ? Nor had the fairy ever learned to do what ? The fairy flew this way and then flew that, he bumped into what ? What or who was the flea jumping off ?

© Jacqueline Richards 2007