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‘Take ie, ‘please takethe lines, over the rough, sandy paper, while her eyes followed the letters to another, colder place, in another tis A moment after the fairy’s entrance the as blown open, whispered Meggie, hearing the sound of thecreaking as it opened, blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way, and his hand was still ie I can see why Dustfinger misses the fairies No, that was not allowed She er, only of Tinker Bell and Peter Pan, and Wendy lying in her bed, knowing nothing yet of the strange boy who had flown into her room dressed in leaves and cobwebs ‘Tinker Bell,’ he called softly, aftersure that the children were asleep ‘Tink, where are you?’ She was in a jug for thebefore Tinker Bell Meggie whispered the name twice; she had always liked the sound of it, you clicked your tongue against your teeth, and then there was the soft B sound slipping out of your lips like a kiss ‘Oh, do co, and tell me, do you knohere they put olden bells answered hie You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before If I could fly like Tinker Bell, thought Meggie, I could simply climb out on the sill and fly away I wouldn’t have to worry about the snakes, and I’d find Mo before he gets here He must have lost the way Yes, that ie shook her head as if to drive away the bad thoughts that had worain Tink said that the shadoas in the big box, she whispered She meant the chest of drawers, and Peter juround with both hands …

Meggie stopped There was soht in the rooht was still there, a thousand tihts … and when it caie, you saas a … She did not speak the word aloud She just followed the light with her eyes as it flew round the rooer

‘Fenoglio!’ She couldn’t hear any sound froie leaned over the side of the bunk until she could touch Fenoglio’s shoulder ‘Fenoglio, look!’ She shook him until he finally opened his eyes Suppose the little creature flew out of the ?

Meggie slid down from the top bunk, and shut theso quickly that she als in it The fairy, alarnant chirrup

Fenoglio stared at the shining little creature, his eyes heavy with sleep ‘What is it?’ he asked hoarsely ‘A ie went back to the bed without taking her eyes off the fairy, as darting faster and faster round the little roo, back to the door, over to theagain She kept returning to theMeggie put the book on Fenoglio’s lap

‘Peter Pan’ He looked at the book, then at the fairy, then at the book again

‘I didn’t ie ‘Really I didn’t’

The fairy kept colliding with theagain and again

‘No!’ Meggie hurried over to her ‘You er than your hand, but still growing It was a girl called Tinker Bell, exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf

‘Solio sat up in such a hurry that he hit his head on the top bunk He was right Out in the corridor footsteps were approaching, rapid, firie retreated to theWhat did it ht Perhaps Mo’s arrived, she thought, Mo is here Although she didn’t want to feel glad of it, her heart leaped with joy

‘Hide her!’ whispered Fenoglio ‘Quick, hide her!’