“Sure Honey,” she was relieved that the subject was being dropped for now and actually hoped her daughter would forget again, but she knew better than that. She opened a container and gave her two.

“Thanks mom,” she grabbed the carrots and ran off to the swing set at the edge of the woods.

She sauntered up to the swing, looked back at her mom, and then took the seat closest to the trees. She absentmindedly chewed on the carrot, while she kept one eye on her mom and the other on the woods. She knew something was going to happen and she wanted to be able to slip away without alarming her mom. Any movement or sound that occurred in the woods grabbed her attention and she would stare hoping to see something.

After a while she began to think she may have missed out. She hadn’t heard any more laughter and she still had not seen anything at all. She figured it was about time for dad to be done on the grill, when she heard someone begin swinging beside her. She turned her head from staring into the woods to the swing besides her expecting some other kid from the campground. But the girl in the swing beside her was like no girl she had ever seen before. She was tall and skinny with bright green eyes that seemed to have a glow to them. Her hair was very long and straight with twigs woven in. Her hair wasn’t just one color; it was a mix of bright red, silver, gold and white. At first she thought this girl was a punker type. Then she saw the ears. They were like no ears she had ever seen before and she smelled like a cedar chest. The girl smiled at her and she literally seemed to smile from ear to ear. Her chin was also kind of pointy. And then there were her clothes. Mostly tan in color and made from some material that Lori did not recognize. The clothes, bare feet and appearance made her feel that this girl should be running through the woods like a wild wolf child. Lori thought her very pretty.

“Are you a fairy?”

The girl burst into giggles which bewildered Lori. But after a moment the girl got hold of her composure and spoke in a lilting melody, “I not a fairy, but she is.”

She pointed and Lori turned to see just about a foot away was flying, with almost invisible wings, a naked woman with bright shiny silverish hair and only three inches tall.