Kylie the Carnival Fairy
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“Don’t worry about him!” The king said, pointing at Jack Frost. He was happily signing autographs for all the children. “He’s enjoying himself.”
“Jack Frost loves to be the center of attention,” the queen explained. “He’s so popular right now that he won’t cause any more trouble at the carnival.”
“Come here!” Jack Frost was calling to his goblins. “Collect those autograph books and carnival programs. I’ll sign them all!”
Rachel and Kirsty laughed.
“So the carnival’s safe!” said Rachel.
“Yes, and we brought these to say thank you,” Queen Titania replied. She lifted her wand and touched Kirsty’s hand, then Rachel’s. Suddenly, each girl found herself holding a tiny, glittering carousel!
“Look, Rachel,” Kirsty gasped. “They’re exactly like the Sunnydays carousel!”
“And the horses move around, too!” Rachel added, turning her carousel. “They’re beautiful!”
A whooshing noise made them all look up, just in time to see a shower of red and green sparks light the sky.
“The fireworks are starting,” said King Oberon. “You’d better hurry back to Kirsty’s parents, girls. Kylie, the queen, and I have work to do!”
Queen Titania smiled and winked at Rachel and Kirsty. “We have to make sure the fireworks are extra-special this year!” Kylie clapped her hands in joy.
“Good-bye!” cried Rachel and Kirsty. “And thank you for our beautiful gifts.”
The fairies waved their wands, and then zoomed into the night sky in a shower of colorful sparkles. Seconds later, as the girls joined Kirsty’s parents, the sky filled with fireworks, glittering in all the colors of the rainbow.
“Wow!” the carnival master gasped, looking surprised. “I don’t remember buying such amazing fireworks!”
Rachel and Kirsty grinned at each other. They were the only ones who knew that a little fairy magic was adding a lot of extra sparkle to the Sunnydays Carnival!
The Fun Day Fairies are each responsible for adding spunk and sparkle to one day of the week! But when Jack Frost steals their magic, they need Rachel and Kirsty’s help. Without the fairies’ special flags, every day of the week will be gloomy and glum.
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“I’m glad I’m staying with you during vacation,” Kirsty Tate told her best friend, Rachel Walker, as they came out of Fashion Fun, the accessories store on Tippington’s Main Street. “And I hope these sparkly clips will look good with my new haircut!”
“I’m sure they will,” Rachel said cheerfully. “They’re so pretty.”
“Thanks,” Kirsty replied. “I wonder how the fairies are,” she added, lowering her voice.
Rachel and Kirsty shared a magical secret: When they first met each other on a very special trip to Rainspell Island, they also became friends with the fairies!
“I hope Jack Frost and his goblins are behaving themselves,” Rachel said.
Cold, wicked Jack Frost and his mean goblins often caused trouble for the fairies. But the girls had helped their tiny friends outwit Jack Frost many times.
“Look, Rachel!” Kirsty said, peering into a nearby window. “This store wasn’t open the last time I was here. Isn’t it great?”
The store was called Dancing Days, and the window was full of dance outfits and shoes. There were white tutus, satin ballet slippers with pink ribbons, and sparkly tap shoes.
“I’d love to be able to tap-dance,” said Rachel.
Just then the door opened and a lady emerged, followed by a girl with a long brown ponytail.
The girl’s face lit up when she saw Rachel. “Hi, Rachel!” she called.
“Hi, Karen,” said Rachel with a smile. “Kirsty, this is Karen. She’s my friend from school. And this is her mom, Mrs. Lewis.”
Karen grinned at Kirsty. “It’s nice to meet you,” she said. “Rachel talks about you all the time!”
Kirsty laughed. “Are you learning to dance?” she asked, glancing at Karen’s blue bag.
“Yes,” Karen replied. “I have tap class at the town hall this afternoon, and Mom just bought me some new tap shoes. My old ones were worn out.”
“That’s because she practices so much!” Mrs. Lewis said, smiling. She glanced at her watch. “We’d better hurry, Karen.”
“See you later!” Karen called as they left.
“Maybe you could sign up for Karen’s tap classes,” Kirsty suggested to Rachel as they walked down the street.
“Good idea,” Rachel agreed. Then she glanced around. “Should we walk home through the park?”
“Sure!” Kirsty replied.
The girls walked through the iron park gate and across the grass. The park was filled with colorful flowers, and in the middle was a large brass sundial shining in the light.
“The sun’s bright today,” Kirsty said.
Rachel nodded. Then she noticed something that made her heart beat faster — tiny golden sparkles were hovering and dancing above the sundial!
“Kirsty, look at the sundial!” Rachel gasped. “I think it’s fairy magic!”
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