At The Bottom Of The Garden

Becca sat in the long grass at the bottom of the garden. Her head bent low over the white wooden wishing well that sat nestled among the overgrown hydrangeas and rhododendrons. She fiddled with the little silver bucket that hung suspended from a silver chain and sighed gently to herself.

“Where are you?” she said in a small whisper. “Please come and play with me, I won’t tell anyone. I promise.”

Becca had been looking for the fairies for several days now, but none had shown themselves. She felt sure that she was looking in the right place. After all, her mother had always said fairies loved flowers and nature. The bottom of the garden was filled with flowers, and there was the wishing well providing that special little spark of magic! It was the perfect spot for fairies. So why wouldn’t they come out and play? Becca was desperate to find a little fairy to be her friend, but every day that went by left her more frustrated and she didn’t know what to try next. Standing up and brushing the grass from her dress, she decided to ask her mother, she would surely know the best way to catch a fairy.

Becca made her way across the garden towards the house, where her mother was in the kitchen baking.

“Mother?” called Becca. “I still can’t catch a little fairy to be my friend. What can I do?”

Becca’s mother smiled and patted her daughter’s hair.

“Oh Becca darling, you can’t catch a fairy! You will scare them all away with talk like that!” said her mother. “You just have to be patient, and wait for one of them to come to you. It might take a very long time, but if you are a very good girl and you wait very patiently I am sure that very soon a little fairy will want to be your friend! But just to be sure, why don’t you make a wish on the wishing well?”

Becca smiled, her mother always knew just what to do. She ran off, back to the bottom of the garden. She sat down next to the little white wooden wishing well. She closed her eyes very tightly and made a wish.