Home Schooling Adventures

look to pictures at the right and a short story from Ryan Smiley

Is It A Fairy?

Once upon a time a very happy king had a baby girl named Charm. He had spoiled her so much she started to get greedy. One day (when she was much older) she was going to ride her favorite horse, but never found it.

Later that night, while she was in her covers weeping, Charm heard a faint little thump, thump. Charm jumped out of bed startled and heard a “Weeeeeee!!” Surprisingly, she saw a very small hermit – like person walking on her covers!

She bent down to look at it and saw little wings on his back, so in a small voice she said, “Is it a fairy?” and the little fairy yelled, (which sounds like a normal talking to humans) “You’re an unhappy Gorilla!” That made Charm scream so loud that the fairy went purple in the face! After Charm finished screaming the fairy said, “ I’m glad not to be you because you are so unhappy when you don’t get what you want.” Continuing the fairy said, “I’m going to help you by giving you a story you have to do!”

The fairy proceeded to cast a spell and they disappeared. She opened her eyes to see a very beautiful castle. Charm said (in a snappy voice) to the fairy, “I want that castle!” And the fairy (who is taller now) said, “No, you cannot have the castle.” Charm (who was used to getting what she wanted) screamed, “Why!?” She stopped complaining when she heard a horrid noise come from the castle and the fairy said, “You can have the castle if you kill the terrorizing ogre and save the fainted prince from getting eaten.” Charm answered that she was too young to fight, but when she looked in a pond she realized that she was older, bigger, and more beautiful and covered in all things needed to kill an ogre.

The encouraged Charm said “I’ll try since it’s a story.” And she went into the castle. Seeing the horrid ogre, she drew her sword and the prince waking up from his faint and seeing her yelled “Don’t, run be...!” but the ogre smacked his mouth before the prince could finish talking and the ogre licked his lips and he and Charm charged at each other. Charm fought the ogre until the ogre couldn’t fight any more and with a triumphant dance Charm killed him and the prince ran up to her and kissed her and she danced with him until the night was over. Then she woke up in her own bed and it was still dark out and the same time as when the spell was cast and she saw the fairy flying a way saying, “I hope greediness has left you because you will see the prince again!”

While she was lying in bed thinking, she heard a knock on the door and she said, “Come in.” and the door opened and there was the castle black smith and in his hands were the sword, bow and arrows the king had asked for when she was a baby to be given to Charm on her twentieth birthday (which was the next day).

Five years later (after she had lots of practice with the sword) her castle was about to get laid siege by a group of monsters, the king sent Charm away to the neighboring castle. On her way there the fairy flied by saying, “You are going to see him soon!” Charm got to the neighboring castle and, there she did every thing in the story the fairy had created but for real. After she killed the ogre the siege ended and prince and Charm lived happily ever after.
The end

IS It a Fairy?


By Ryan Smiley
(Moral: You have to earn what you want.)

“Is it a Fairy?” is about a beautiful princess who acts very greedy and complains if she doesn’t get what she wants.
A Counterpane Fairy brings her through five years forward to get less greedy and finds you have to earn it not just to get it.

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