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All was
well. The travelers were beckoned by glittering
green~gold fairies, about the size of Tinker
belles, or largish sparrows (do you know who
Tinkerbell is?) towards the hearth where red
velvety pillows were strewn around on the hard
packed earthen floor. So they sat down, their
eyes as big as saucers. Muff was fairy-led
into the back of the mushroom and you could
hear her lapping up something.
Soon it seemed as if fairies appeared out of the ceiling
and were suspended on invisible chains, strumming small
golden harps and playing gold ornamented, teeny wooden
violins. The air was sweet with the sound and made
one very drowsy. The fairies didn’t seem to know how
to talk .. at least not people talk … so Julio and
Granma didn’t talk either.
Soon fatter and chubbier fairies flitted around to
and fro with white aprons on … seeming to make a buzzing
noise about something or another. They must have figured
whatever they were buzzing about out, for soon flat
stones and small rounds of wood were pulled up in front
of the travelers to serve as tables. A lantern was
brought down by a golden fairy that flew without so
much as a whir of his or her wings. It actually appeared
to have floated down with the lantern from the 10 foot,
dome-shaped ceiling. The fairy set the lantern down
between the flat stones and for just a second, its
gaze met with both Granma’s & Julio’s at the same
time. Wow, they felt cross-eyed for a minute there
and had to shake their heads.
Then the chubby white-aproned fairies were back with
silver platters of food. Raspberries, strawberries
and blackberries with whipped cream on top …. or what
looked like whipped cream, anyway. Bowls of nuts were
brought out and set down: almonds they recognized ….
they couldn't tell what kind the others were. It didn’t
matter; they were famished, and didn’t have any idea
how much time had passed or what time of day it was
outside of this world.
Julio started to dig into his berries with the little
wooden spoon they had brought, when Granma said: "What
if the food is enchanted? You know, got a spell on
it? Like what if we turn into fairies or frogs or something?"
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