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A Big Mistake
by Grace
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A Big Mistake By Grace

One night I was reading in my bedroom when all of a sudden a guy appeared. He had red, curly hair. He was wearing a purple tie with a pale white, long-sleeved shirt covered with a brown coat. His checkered pants were green. His red shoes had yellow shoestrings. He held a wand covered in blue sequins.

" I am your fairy Godmother in training!"  he said in a high voice.
" Yeah, right."  I said. " Well, if you are my so-called fairy Godmother, then give me a computer!" 
" Okay!"  he said. He picked up his odd wand, and with a tap, he made me really, really small.
" You idiot!"  I said. " Look what you did to me!" 
" Ooooo, ummmm, I'm sorry."  He said. Then his wand disappeared.
" Oops, I forgot, I was supposed to get my wand recharged, but I didn't." 
" So."  I said.
" Well, when I don't get my want recharged it means I won't get my wand until I foam!" 
" Foam,"  I said, " what does that mean?" 
" I need to foam, that means fall on a merry-go-round!"  he answered.
" Well come on, there's a fair in the park. Let's go!"  I said.
We ran and ran. I got real tired when we only walked three feet, but it felt like three miles because I was really small! We finally got there. We found the merry-go-round.

My fairy Godmother got on the horse that was on the merry-go-round. " Help me! I feel like I'm going to throw up!"  he said.
" Come on,"  I said. " It's only going one mile per hour." 
Then my fairy Godmother fell! His blue want suddenly appeared in his hand. He looked at his watch.
" Oh ohh!"  he said.
" What's oh ohh?"  I said.
" It's already 11:58. If I can't change you by midnight, you will be small FOREVER!"  His voice echoed throughout the fair. Everyone was looking at him.
" What?"  he said.
Everyone went back to what they were doing.
" Well, what are you waiting for?"  I asked.
" Start to change me back into my real size!" 

He started to change me.
" Now it's 11:59, hurry!"  I said.
He changed me into a tissue, a bird, even a hamburger! When it was the last second until midnight, Yeah! I turned into my real size.
" Thank you"  I said, " but do me a favor." 
" What's that?"  he asked.
" Get a new job."  I said.
" Okay,"  he said quickly.
Two years later I saw my fairy Godmother. He was the mailman, and on his name tag it said Fred. His name was Fred, weird huh!

The End


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