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Dragonfly.

It is not often that one sees the wise old fairies sitting in a fairy ring.
Last Wednesday as I was taking my daily walk with my dog Wag, I saw this
unusual sight. The wise old fairies were sitting and seemed to be waiting
for something or some one. I decided to watch knowing that the wise old
fairies would not be sitting in this ring just to pass the time of day. As I
watched; suddenly as if from nowhere appeared a Dragonfly, I have never seen
such a big and most beautiful Dragonfly. The wings one could see through
and the long body was of a most wonderful colour. Wag cocked up his ears and
let out a short sharp bark as if he was greeting some one. Wag's bark did
not appear to upset the wise old fairies or the Dragonfly. The Dragonfly was
motionless apart from its wings it too seemed to be waiting for something to
happen.

A movement in the bushes caught my attention, I saw a man with a butterfly
net and wondered what he was doing in the woods that are part of Fairyland.
Walking towards him with Wag at my heels I greeted the man and asked him why
he needed a butterfly net in the woods, most butterflies were in the open
looking for flowers to eat the nectar. The man said, "No I am an
entomologist, I look for insects and other creatures that capture my
attention, I draw pictures and write notes in my notebook and then when I
have time I write another book." "I can't stop now as I am following one of
the biggest and prettiest Dragonflies that I have ever seen."

The man took a few steps toward the fairy ring; he could see the Dragonfly
but not the wise old fairies. On seeing the man the wise old fairies took
out their magic wands and pointed them at the man. The man who called
himself an entomologist had only eyes for the pretty Dragonfly and did not
know that he was in danger. Suddenly the Dragonfly disappeared and I saw it
behind the man. The wise old fairies lowered and put away their wands. The
man that studied insects looked very disappointed and walked on with a nod
to me, I returned his nod and the dragonfly flew towards me suddenly there
was blue flash and a whiff of smoke and Her Majesty was before me floating
in the air.

Smiling at me she said that she was in no danger and the wise old fairies
were waiting for a message that Her Majesty then proceeded to tell the wise
old fairies. Her Majesty, Queen Feeana, Queen of all the fairies proceeded
to tell the waiting wise old fairies about the state of things in Fairyland.
Her Majesty in the shape of a Dragonfly had been flying all over Fairyland
listening to the little peoples. Her Majesty heard about many things that
were not right in her Fairyland. The Leprechauns complained of the lack of
flowers and the many colours that used to be. Others of the little people
such as the Trolls and the Pixies also thought that the fairies were not
doing their work properly as they should have done. The main complaint was
the lack of flowers that grew in the spring right through to the autumn.

Her Majesty sounded sad as she told the wise old fairies about how the
fairies were neglecting their work and of flowers that were shoddily
produced. The lack of berries and nuts and all of the other things that once
grew so well in the past years, why even the leaves on the trees were not
always green and healthy. The wise old fairies on hearing this bad news
asked Her Majesty what would be the best thing to do to get things back into
order. Her Majesty thought for a few minutes then came this answer from her
lips. "The fairies have lost the pride that they once had when they had
worked well and produced so many wild flowers of so many different colours."
"We must teach them all once again how good it is to produce all of the
things that go into making nature what it is." "All fairies must go back to
school again no matter how old or how young they are and all will be taught
once again to work well, and most important that they take pride once more
in what they do to help Mother Nature.

The following year Nature outdid itself. The spring flowers were so abundant
and so lovely to look at that many people wondered what had brought about
such a wonderful change. There were many guesses, quite a few experts said
that it was all due to the weather or the fairly warm winter, not many gave
a thought to the fairies and all of the hard work and love that they had put
into their work. The fairies now walk around with smiling faces and all are
proud of the work they have done. I have not seen the Dragonfly again, it is
not often that Her Majesty changes into an insect to find out what is
happening in Fairyland and I was thrilled that I had seen the biggest and
prettiest Dragonfly in the world.