Story Niva 4

  At her tiny house, Niva got little pieces of wood and bark to fill in the little holes in the roof. Then she finished making her bed by putting fresh leaves and grass in a bag like a mattress. When she was done she was hungry.

  She flew out to the small orchard to get an apple. She wanted to get the apple back to her house, but wasn't sure how. The apple was as big as her, it would be a very, very long flight if she tried. She didn't want to have to call upon her extra fairy strength for such an every day thing as brunch. Fairy strength took time to replenish, and who knew when she would actually need it.

  She called to Tabby and asked if he would give her a ride with the apple. She got the apple and dropped down onto Tabby's back. As they walked across the backyard to her oak tree home, she saw the next door neighbor Mrs. Fielder heading up the road towards her human family's house. She took her apple home, ate a bit of it, and flew close to the house.

  Mrs. Fielder was talking about her baby girl to Josaphine. Her baby was sick and Josaphine decided to go help care for her. When she left, Niva hoped she might leave something open for Niva to read. Niva waited till Josaphine had talked to Bob who was still out working before heading inside the house. In the family room she found an open cook book that Josaphine must have been reading. Niva would have to build a kitchen onto her house before she could try any recipes, but it was still an interesting way to spend the day.

  At lunch time Bob came in to fix a sandwich, so Niva took up her observation from the window ledge till he took a bathroom break. Then she fixed up a tiny sandwich before he got back, since he had left the makings out. She still had a couple hours before the boys would be back, but she figured Josaphine would be back before that so Niva would have to keep her ears open for her while she read.