Tabby, Tabby, Burning Bright by Emily Martha Sorensen

Author:Emily Martha Sorensen [Sorensen, Emily Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

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Bianca was back at lunch, as if nothing had happened.

“The doctor said I’m okay, and Mom had to go back to work, so here I am,” she told Cassie.

Cassie nodded. “I’m really glad you’re okay.”

“Me, too,” Bianca said. “I guess I won’t be climbing up any more jungle gyms while there are fairies on them.”

“So you do still believe me?” Cassie asked anxiously.

“Of course I believe you. I couldn’t not believe you. Nobody else has ever come up with an explanation that explains why I get itchy. Seriously, my doctor keeps saying I have eczema. I don’t have dry skin.”

Cassie nodded.

“What I wonder is,” Bianca said, opening her milk carton and leaning forward, so the kids at the table behind them couldn’t hear, “why you? Why me? And why can we sense them in some way when no one else can?”

“I don’t know,” Cassie said. “I think maybe they want something from me.”

“Really?” Bianca asked.

Cassie nodded. “On that first day . . . I saw a fairy that seemed to see me.” Even talking about it made her skin prickle. “Usually they don’t notice me, but this one was staring at me. If I could hear him, maybe he would have explained why, but . . .”

“But you can’t hear them, only see them,” Bianca said.

“Right.”

“Still better than itching them,” Bianca said, making a face.

Cassie nodded. She fully agreed.

“So how do we figure out what they want, if we can’t ask them?” Bianca asked. “I don’t know about you, but I’m anxious to make this itching go away.”

Cassie felt a pang. If I do what they want, will I stop being able to see them?

“I . . . I don’t know,” she said, a huge lump in her throat. “Maybe all he wanted was for me to watch him. That’s all I can do, anyway.”

“Did you watch him?” Bianca asked.

“No. I took the glasses off.”

“Then try watching him next time,” Bianca said.

Cassie nodded. “And you. What do you think the fairies are trying to tell you by itching?”

“I have nooooooooo idea,” Bianca said.

“Maybe they want you to pay attention to the itching?”

“Believe me,” Bianca snorted, “I’ve been doing that in spades.”

“But now you know the reason,” Cassie suggested. “Maybe that will make a difference. Maybe . . . knowing about the fairies’ presence will help?”

“I wish,” Bianca said. She scratched her head absently.

“Well, I hope it will,” Cassie said firmly.

“And I hope it won’t take long,” Bianca added.

Cassie was wearing her normal glasses, because she hadn’t wanted to be distracted in class by watching fairies, so she pulled the special ones out of her pocket. She held them up and peeked through.

“The fairy on your head is pulling your hair,” she said. “It has grey wings and white hair. It looks like a baby.”

“Your sense is so much cooler than mine,” Bianca said.

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