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The ocean was hundreds of miles away.

The wind sent the soccer ball sailing into a corner of


the yard. It bent the flowers on their stems and whipped the girls hair. Above it, Mia could hear a
noise like waves crashing on a beach. The other girls heard it, too. Something strange was
happening. They stepped closer together and reached for each others hands. Gabby? Mia
cried, suddenly afraid. Gabby, come here! *
When the fairy appeared in the garden, Gabby was not surprised. She often pretended to talk to
fairies. Sometimes she pretended she was a fairy. Fairies were so much a part of Gabbys world
that it seemed perfectly natural to see one sitting among her mothers tulips. Hello, fairy,
Gabby said.
Im Prilla, said the fairy. Clap if you believe in fairies! No one believed more than Gabby. She
clapped her hands hard. Prilla the fairy turned a happy cartwheel in the air. I have to go home
now, said Prilla. Dont go yet! Gabby cried, just as the wind started to pick up. The wind was
blowing hard. Gabby heard her sister calling, -Gabby? Gabby, come here! Because she was
afraid Prilla might blow away, Gabby put her hands around her. She held the fairy lightly,
cupped in her palms, the way you would hold a butterfly. And then Mia grabbed her.
The moment Mia touched Gabby, the world blinked. All the girls felt it. It was like the slow click
of a camera lens. The next instant, the backyard was gone.
El ocano estaba a cientos de kilmetros. El viento hizo rodar la pelota hasta una esquina del
patio, inclin las flores sobre sus tallos, y bati el cabello de las nias. Arriba, Ma alcanz a or
un sonido como el de las olas rompiendo en la playa. Las otras nias tambin lo escucharon.
Algo extrao estaba sucediendo. Caminaron cerca, juntas y de la mano. -Gaby!!- De repente,
grit Ma, temerosa, -Gaby, ven aqu!Cuando el hada apareci en el jardn, Gaby no se sorprendi. A menudo, ella simulaba hablar
con hadas, y a veces jugaba a que era un hada. Las hadas eran una gran parte del mundo de
Gaby que pareca perfectamente natural si uno lo ve sentado entre los tulipanes de su madre.
Hola, hada. Dijo Gaby.
- Soy Prilla-, dijo el hada. - Palmea si crees en hadas!-, y nadie crea en hadas ms que Gaby.
Palme sus manos fuertemente. Prilla, el hada dio una feliz pirueta en el aire. - Tengo que ir a
casa ahora, dijo Prilla. No te vayas todava!- grit Gaby, justo cuando el viento comenzaba a
levantarse. El viento soplaba fuerte. Gaby oy a su hermana llamndola Gaby, Gaby, ven
aqu! Gaby puso sus manos alrededor de Prilla porque tena miedo que se volara. Tom al
hada delicadamente ahuecando sus palmas, de la misma manera que sostienes una mariposa.
Entonces Ma la agarr a ella.
El momento en que Ma toc a Gaby, el mundo pestae. Todas las nias lo percibieron. Fue
como un lento click del lente de una cmara. Al instante siguiente, el patio se haba ido.

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