: Linda S. Gunn
: FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE A Trilogy
: BookBaby
: 9781098385996
: FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE
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: Familie
: English
: 101
: kein Kopierschutz
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Set in the 50's, in Southern California, the story conveys key elements in the life of a daydreaming child whose desire to fly away to Neverland and become Peter Pan's best friend consumes her very being. Full of imagination, creativity and fun, Nina lives her life in the real world all the while imagining 'what might be' in her fantasy world. Find out how her fairy tale came true, with a price.

ChapterTwo

Today is Saturday, and the family is on the way to Cabrillo Beach. It’s Dad’s favorite beach to explore. I can feel the glares as I sit between Marie and Mo in the back seat of the car. Mom just scolded them for pinching and pulling each other’s hair. Mom always has me sit between my sisters when they fight. She’s also quick to scold Marie and me if we ever hurt “the baby” of thefamily.

Little does Mom know that I have ways to get even with my sisters for all of the times they are so annoying by teasing them without Mom knowing what I’m doing. I made up a song that I play on the piano. It’s calledI Know a Big Fat Cootie and Her Name is Marie (or Mo, depending on who I want to make mad). My sisters know the words, so when Mom is in the room, all I have to do is play the tune and glare atthem.

Even better than the big fat cootie song is a name I made up that means everything bad in the whole wide world to the person I say it to. Even better, if someone calls me the name, or any other made-up name, it means everything good in the whole wideworld!

The name isMocoso.

Mo went absolutely berserk when I first called her Mocoso. In fact, her name is actually Marta, but now I call her Mo. My real name is actually Linda, but Marie renamed me Nina because when Mo was a baby, she pronounced my nameNin-a. I think Marie thought I would get mad for not being called by my real name, but it doesn’t bother me. I kind of like the nameNina.

As Marie and Mo quiet down, my thoughts turn to the music playing on the radio. “Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you if you’re young at heart.” This song is about fairy tales! It’s confirming what I know is true, and on the radio no less! Dad often says that my head is in the clouds, but I do know the difference between my daydreams and reality. I also know in my heart that sometimes the imagined can become reality. And my imagination is telling me right now that something wonderful is about tohappen.

I sing my favorite song about wishing upon a star to make dreams come true. The message I hear in my head from the song on the radio and from my favorite song can’t