by Kiki Thorpe
“Why do you do that?” Mia asked. “Go on blinks, I mean.”
“Because it’s my talent and I love it,” Prilla replied. “And because it helps all fairies.”
“Helps them how?” Mia asked.
Prilla looked surprised. “Don’t you know? Through belief, of course! I help children believe in magic. And in turn, children’s belief is what keeps fairy magic alive.” As she spoke, she drew a ring in the air, leaving a trail of sparkling fairy dust. “Like a circle, you see? Fairies call it the Ring of Belief.”
Mia watched the ring of fairy dust slowly fade. She had always believed in fairies, for as long as she could remember. It had never dawned on her that her belief was important to them. “It must be a nice job, meeting kids all over the world,” she said to Prilla.
“It is…usually,” Prilla replied. Her brow furrowed, but she didn’t say more.
Excerpt from A Fairy’s Gift copyright © 2015 by Disney Enterprises, Inc. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.