The Adventures of Ava the Fairy

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a small fairy named Ava. She was a very beautiful fairy, with short black hair and green eyes. But, in those eyes there was always a sparkle of curiosity. She had always heard stories of humans who did awful things to fairies when they were found, but, she was not afraid. She just wanted to find out if the stories were true. So, one day, she went to her parents and said she was going to the land of the humans to see if the stories were correct. "No! You must not go Ava!" Exclaimed her Mother, " You will be killed!". "I want to see if the stories are true." Answered Ava. "I will be careful". So her parents watched with tear-filled eyes as their daughter flew away, knowing they would probably never see her again. Soon, Ava arrived in the village. She decided to sit on a windowsill and watch for humans. Soon, several began to come out of their cottages and start working in their gardens. Suddenly, Ava heard a noise. She looked over her shoulder and saw, with a feeling of terror, the window behind her open, with an evil looking man standing right inside it. Ava was about to fly away but it was too late; she felt large fingers closing around her body. The evil man brought her through the window. Ava felt her feet on the ground. She looked around, she was in a cage! The man was sitting in a chair in front of her. "Well now, thank you for stopping by, I have always wanted a fairy for my Carnival!" The man gave a nasty laugh. Ava didn't know what a "Carnival" was but she thought it sounded awful. "Please sir! Won't you let me go?" Ava asked, on the verge of tears. The awful man just gave another laugh and left the room. Ava spent the rest of the day crying in her small cage. When it grew dark outside of the window, the man came back and put a crumb of bread and a thimble-full of water through the bars of the cage and left the room again. Ava drank the water but did not eat the bread since she was not familiar with Human food. She then fell fast asleep. The next morning she woke up to find herself moving, along with her cage. She then realized she was in the hands of the man. Seeing that she was awake, the man said "I am taking you to my caravan." "You are going to travel with me to the next town where I can open my Carnival". Ava was beginning to feel very frightened again. They soon arrived in a field by the long dirt road that was covered in wagons. She saw people in bright costumes juggling and eating fire, she saw little people walking around the field with grim looks on their faces. The man walked to the biggest wagon and opened the door. Ava saw things inside of the wagon she has never seen before. Little brown creatures with long tails ( she later found out these were called monkeys), a large multi-colored bird that was saying " How do you do?" and "Pleased to meet you!" at random times. She also saw little dogs, fully dressed, that were doing tricks in their large cage. The man set Ava's little cage on a shelf by the bird. Then, looking around him and smiling, he left. Ava began to watch the monkeys. They were arguing over an unusually large peanut. Ava started to laugh, which made the monkeys start showing off. They were hanging by their tails on the metal rod in their cage when suddenly the wagon started to move. Ava knew they must be on their way to the town the man had spoken of. She sat down with a sigh of regret. "If only I had stayed at home!" she said to herself. After what seemed like ages, they stopped. About twenty minutes later the man came through the door. He put a tiny emerald green dress through the bars of the bars of the cage. "I want you to wear this tomorrow morning when we open". He turned to go to the parrot when he came back and said "Oh! I forgot here is some bread.". The small piece of bread came trough the bars. Ava, deciding she would rather eat strange food than starve to death took it quickly. Ava ate slowly as she watched the man feed the animals. Soon he blew out the candles he had lit and left. Ava finished her bread and went to sleep. The next morning, Ava woke up to a large amount of noise outside of the wagon. She stood up and started to put on the dress the man had given her. "Maybe if I am outside I can find a way to escape!" Ava said to herself. Soon the man came in and started bringing the animals outside. He brought Ava out last. She soon found herself sitting on a large table. All around her, people were staring at her. Some of the people began to laugh and point at her. Others were standing with a look of shock on their faces. Except one little girl at the very back of the crowd. She had a look of utter pity on her pale face. Ava watched as the girl began to push herself to the front of the crowd. When she was right beside the table she whispered to Ava " I am going to help you escape". "Fly out when I open the door". Ava felt a surge of relief go through her body. "I am going home!" Thought Ava. Suddenly, the cage door flew open. Ava quickly flew out and started flying away. She heard the crowd gasp as she flew over their heads. As she looked over her shoulder she saw the man stomping his feet angrily, and the the small girl waving at her. Ava waved back and yelled " Thank you!" as she flew away. When she arrived at the edge of the forest where her fairyland was she gave a sigh of relief. "I am almost home" She whispered. She flew into the forest and soon arrived in the fairyland. She quickly flew to the home she and her parents had parted from so long ago, it seemed to her. When her parents saw her they began crying tears of joy. " I will never leave you again!" Said Ava through her tears. She gave another sigh. It was so good to be home!