Rainbow Swirl by Helen Perelman

Author:Helen Perelman
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2010-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

A Sour Sight

Raina was miserable. She was soaking wet and still stuck in a sticky tangle of licorice vines.

Sure as sugar, my candy berry bushes are destroyed by now, she thought sadly.

As she tried to wiggle free from the vines, Raina thought back over the past couple of weeks. Maybe her friends had been right. She had been so stuck on getting the sugar medal, she wasn’t seeing straight. Raina knew she should have listened to the fruit flies. If she had listened, maybe she could have saved her candy … and not gotten stuck!

“Raina!” Berry called. The Fruit Fairy appeared before her. She was holding a large lollipop umbrella. “Are you hurt?”

“Not hurt,” Raina said. “But I’m stuck.” She shielded her eyes from the rain so she could see. “What are you doing here?”

“I knew you wouldn’t turn around,” Berry said. “Even in this awful storm. I came to see if you were all right.” She quickly flew up to Raina and untangled her wings from the sticky red stalks. “I’m sorry about what happened before at Chocolate River,” Berry said. “I was just very worried about you.”

Raina fluttered her wings and ducked under Berry’s umbrella. “I’m sorry too. You were right, you know,” she said. “Winning is all I have been thinking about. And I wouldn’t listen to anyone.” She looked down at her wet dress. “Now all my chances are ruined.”

“You don’t know that for sure,” Berry said. “Come on, let’s head back to the forest. Maybe the bushes are fine.”

Raina hugged her friend. She was so thankful for her bravery—and her friendship. Berry was a special kind of friend—the best kind.

Together, the two fairies flew off into the storm, careful of falling branches and pelting rain.

“What a gooey mess!” Raina cried as she flew over Gummy Forest. The storm had hit the forest hard. Many of the trees were down, and most of the crops looked destroyed. Raina always kept the forest orderly and clean. This was a very sour sight indeed.

As the two fairies landed, the rain began to stop. But the damage was already done.

“Oh no!” Raina cried. Her heart sank as she saw so many of the gummy animals wandering around. They all looked lost. Suddenly her candy for the fair didn’t seem as important as helping the animals rebuild their homes.

“Come on, Berry,” Raina said, zooming down into the forest. “We have to help.”

Berry was right behind her. Her heart ached when she saw all the sad animals—especially the gummy cubs.

Raina sprang into action. She organized the gummy bears in a line and set up a food station for them. She rounded up the gummy birds, keeping them together. “We’ll get this mess sorted out in no time,” she told the flock. “Don’t worry. We’ll get your homes back in order right away.”

All the animals listened to Raina as she calmly began the cleanup. She was able to make all the animals feel secure and safe.

Raina bent down to pet a little blue gummy cub.

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