Disney Fairies: The Trouble With Tink by Kiki Thorpe

Author:Kiki Thorpe [Thorpe, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781423158240
Publisher: Disney Press
Published: 2011-08-23T07:00:00+00:00

“No,” Tink replied. Suddenly, she realized that the queen was checking her for signs of fairy distemper. It was a rare illness, but very contagious. If Tink had it, she would have to be separated from the group to keep from making the whole fairy kingdom sick. “No, I’m fine,” Tink repeated to reassure her. “I feel very well. Really.”

When the queen heard this, she seemed to relax. It was just the slightest change in her posture, but Tink noticed, and she, too, breathed a sigh of relief. Queen Ree would not banish her, Tink realized. The queen would never make such a hasty or unfair decision. It had been mean and spiteful of Vidia to say such a thing.

“Tink, you know there are rumors.…”

Queen Ree hesitated. She was reluctant to repeat them.

“They say I’ve lost my talent,” Tink said quickly so that the queen wouldn’t have to. “It’s nasty gossip—and untrue. It’s just that—” Tink stopped. She tugged at her bangs.

She was afraid that if she told Queen Ree about her missing hammer, the queen would think she was irresponsible.

Queen Ree waited for Tink to go on. When she didn’t, the queen walked closer to her and looked into her blue eyes. “Tink,” she said, “is there anything you want to tell me?”

She asked so gently that Tink felt the urge to plop down on the soft fir needles and tell her everything—about the pebble hammer and the carpenter’s hammer and even about Peter Pan. But Tink had never told another fairy about Peter, and she was afraid to now.

Besides, Tink told herself, the queen has more important things to worry about than a missing hammer.

Tink shook her head. “No,” she said. “I’m sorry my pots and pans haven’t been very good lately. I’ll try to do better.”

Queen Ree looked carefully at her. She knew something was wrong, but she didn’t know what. She only knew that Tink didn’t want to tell her. “Very well,” she said. As Tink turned to leave, she added, “Be good to yourself, Tink.”

Outside, Tink felt better. The meeting with the queen had been nothing to worry about at all. Maybe things weren’t as bad as they seemed. All I have to do now is find a new hammer, and everything will be back to normal,

Tink thought with a burst of confidence.

“Tink!” someone called.

She looked down and saw Rani and Prilla standing knee-deep in a puddle. Tink flew down and landed at the edge.

“What are you doing?” she asked, eyeing the fairies’ wet clothes and hair. She was used to seeing Rani in the water. But Prilla wasn’t a water fairy.

“Rani’s showing me how she makes fountains in the water,” Prilla explained. “I want to learn. I thought it might be fun to try in Clumsy children’s lemonade.” Prilla’s talent was traveling over to the mainland in the blink of an eye and visiting the children there. She was the only fairy in all of Never Land who had this talent, and it was an important one.

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