AND WHAT IS HIDING UNDER THE FERNS?
‘Pixies of the
Ferns, Fernella’s Magic.’ is the third book of my mid-grade 'fables’. Fernella was
imagined during a summer stay at a camp near Mount Hood, Oregon, where large
ferns grow in the green forest. While walking through the ferns I imagined what sort of little people might be living under the mysterious growth, and thus this book began.
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Pixies
of the Ferns,
Fernella’s
Magic
M. C. Arvanitis
-- and the story begins --
Fernella Fabrizio strolled
along the edge of the Human ‘s road brushing her short, unruly brown curls away
from her green eyes and behind her tiny pointed ears. Her shadow blinked in and
out on the ground as the sun filtered down on her through the branches of the
great ponderosa pines. She loved the forest smells in the spring. The cinnamon
fern plants that grew by the Sandy Waters were just starting to grow, and their
fiddleheads were perfect for brewing. She was on her way to collect them for
Papa.
Her reflection followed
her in the small rivulet that flowed beside the road. She was tall for a Pixie
girl, slightly over two feet, taller than her petite sisters whose long
straight hair flowed neatly to their waists. She felt gangly and out of place
when they were all together, but Freddie Faber, the village guard, had assured
her he liked her just the way she was. They had been best friends since
childhood and had been dating for several months. Only last night he had
scolded her for complaining about her looks. Teasingly pulling on one of her
curls, he hugged her. “Sugar Plum, who cares if you’re tall? I like curly
hair, and you know how I love your pointed ears. When are we going to set the
date for our wedding, anyway?”
She had
no answer for him. Whenever she brought the subject up to her father he always
frowned and answered, “Fernella, you were born the seventh child. I was the
seventh child in my family. That makes us magical. I don't want you to think
about getting married until you find your magic. When you do that we will see
about your wedding." She took a deep breath. Instead of the fragrance of
the trees, she caught the putrid smell of a Human's monster. "Yuk!"
She held her nose. If she stayed on the road the monster would run her down.
She knew that to be true. Long ago her Uncle Frank, who had been drinking too
much beer, had wandered down it. The old timers told the terrible story of how
there was nothing left of him but a wet spot.
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