Megan the Monday Fairy : A Rainbow Magic Book (9780545295819) Read online

  Rachel put her ear to the door. “I think he’s going up the stairs,” she reported.

  “Let’s fly to the top and see what he’s up to,” said Megan, lifting her wand. With a shower of sparkling fairy dust, Megan turned the girls into fairies. Then they flew to the top of the Clock Tower.

  There, the three friends could hear the goblin chuckling with glee behind the large white clock face.

  “Look,” Megan said, pointing at the clock. The minute hand was bouncing up and down. “The goblin’s having fun because of my Monday Fun Flag!”

  The girls could hear the goblin laughing as he played with the gears controlling the clock’s hands. Rachel, Kirsty, and Megan zipped around the Clock Tower, looking for a way in. But they couldn’t find one!

  “It’s no use. There’s no way in.” Kirsty sighed.

  “Then we’ll just have to get the goblin out!” said Rachel firmly.

  “How?” asked Megan.

  They all thought hard.

  Suddenly, Rachel had an idea. “The clock chimes every hour,” she said. “And it’s really loud. It must be even louder inside, near the bells. I bet all that noise will drive the goblin out!”

  “But it’s only ten-fifteen,” Kirsty pointed out.

  “I could use my magic to make the chimes ring,” Megan said eagerly.

  She sent a stream of fairy dust toward the clock. Immediately, the hands began to zoom around toward the eleven o’clock position.

  Bong!

  The bells began to chime. They were so loud that Megan, Rachel, and Kirsty quickly flew back to the ground to escape the noise.

  Bong!

  “The goblin won’t be able to stand it!” Kirsty laughed as Megan waved her wand and turned Rachel and Kirsty back to their usual size.

  Bong!

  Suddenly, the door of the Clock Tower flew open. The goblin rushed out, groaning loudly. He was trying to hang on to Karen’s bag and cover his ears at the same time, but the bag kept slipping from his grasp.

  Kirsty stepped forward and caught it as it fell. “Thank you,” she said politely.

  The goblin didn’t seem to care. “This is no fun at all!” he wailed. Clapping his hands firmly over his ears, he dashed off.

  “Look!” Megan said, hovering above the bag, beaming. She pointed her wand at one of the side pockets. A sparkling piece of red material was poking out. “Girls, it’s my Monday Fun Flag!”

  Rachel and Kirsty smiled at each other.

  “Let’s go give Karen her bag,” Rachel said, tucking the flag safely under her arm.

  Kirsty and Megan nodded eagerly.

  “And then I’ll bring the Monday flag back to Fairyland, where it belongs,” Megan said.

  They went into the town hall together, with Megan perched on Kirsty’s shoulder. The girls followed the sound of music coming from a room at the back of the building. They peered through the window in the door.

  Karen was in the middle of a group of girls tip-tapping their way across the room. Miss Henry watched, shaking her head and frowning. Karen and the other girls didn’t look very happy, either.

  “We’ll try that again,” Miss Henry said, stopping the music. “You all seem to have forgotten the steps.”

  One girl sighed loudly. “I just can’t get them right,” she said.

  “Neither can I,” added another.

  “No one’s having any fun,” Megan whispered to Kirsty. “And I can’t help until I’ve recharged my wand with Monday magic!”

  Suddenly, Karen noticed Rachel and Kirsty at the door. A big smile lit up her face when she saw the bag in Kirsty’s hand. She dashed over and flung the door open. “Thank you! Where was it?” she asked.

  “Around the side of the town hall,” Rachel told her.

  “How did it get there?” Karen asked. Luckily, she didn’t wait for an answer. She was too busy pulling the bag open and taking out her sparkly new tap shoes.

  “They’re beautiful!” Kirsty said, as Karen quickly took off her borrowed shoes and put on the new ones.

  “Maybe I’ll dance better now,” Karen said, smiling. “I can’t seem to get any of the steps right today!” She waved at the girls as she hurried back to join the class. “Thanks so much!”

  “I must get back to Fairyland to recharge my wand,” Megan said urgently. “Do you want to come?”

  The girls nodded and Megan lifted her wand. In a shower of magic fairy dust, they were all whisked away to Fairyland.

  King Oberon, Queen Titania, Francis, and the Fun Day Fairies were waiting outside the Time Tower. They all cheered as Megan, Rachel, and Kirsty appeared with the Monday flag.

  “Great job!” called King Oberon happily. “Francis, please fly the flag!”

  Francis took the flag from Rachel and rushed inside the Time Tower.

  Meanwhile, Megan zoomed over to the tiled clock in the middle of the courtyard and stood at the spot where the hands met. She raised her wand high and waited.

  Rachel and Kirsty held their breath while they watched Francis raise the Monday Fun Flag to the top of the flagpole. As it reached the top, golden rays of sun struck the flag.

  Rachel and Kirsty gasped as a beam of dazzling sunlight was reflected down into the courtyard toward Megan. The golden light hit the tip of Megan’s wand, which immediately sparkled with a magical red glow.

  Everyone clapped and cheered.

  “Hooray!” Megan cried, dancing with joy. “Now I can put the fun back into Monday!”

  Rachel and Kirsty rushed to join her.

  “Thank you, girls!” called Queen Titania as everyone shouted goodbye.

  Megan lifted her wand and, in a sparkling flash, whisked herself and the girls back to the hallway outside Karen’s dance class. Peeking through the window, they saw one girl accidentally bump into Karen and nearly send her flying. Everyone still looked sad.

  “Time for some Monday fun!” Megan whispered.

  Rachel and Kirsty watched as the little fairy poked the tip of her wand through the keyhole in the door. A stream of red sparkles drifted into the room and swirled around the dancers, but they were all too busy concentrating on their steps to notice.

  “Stop, girls!” called Miss Henry suddenly, switching off the CD player with a smile. “I have an idea!” She went over to a closet and dragged out a large cardboard box. “I was going to save these for later, but I think it would be fun to use them now. …”

  “That’s because of my Fun Day magic!” Megan whispered to Rachel and Kirsty.

  The box was full of feather boas, shiny canes, and glittery top hats. The dancers looked very excited as they pulled them out of the box. Rachel and Kirsty grinned as they saw how thrilled Karen was to find a sparkly top hat the same color as her new tap shoes. She also chose a fluffy purple boa and a shiny black cane.

  “Now, girls,” called Miss Henry, beaming as she put a toe-tapping tune on the CD player, “let’s try these new steps. Follow me!”

  Rachel, Kirsty, and Megan watched as the teacher began tip-tapping her way around the room, twirling her cane. The dancers did the same, laughing as they tried to follow her. But this time, even though the steps were more complicated, they all did much better.

  “Everyone’s having fun!” Rachel declared, happy to see Karen’s smiling face.

  “Yes, I’m so glad!” Megan replied, grinning. “Thank you, girls.” She lifted her wand and waved at Rachel and Kirsty. “Now I have to go catch up on my Monday Fun Day work!”

  The girls nodded.

  “Good-bye, Megan!” Rachel called.

  “We’ll keep looking for the other Fun Day Flags!” Kirsty promised. The little fairy blew them a kiss and zoomed away.

  Rachel and Kirsty took one last look at the happy faces in the tap dancing class, grinned at each other, and then headed home.

  Megan the Monday Fairy has her flag back. Now Rachel and Kirsty must help

  “Come on, Rachel! You can do it!” Kirsty Tate cheered as she watched her friend sprint down the s
unny field. Today was Tippington Schools’ Field Day. The three local schools had come together to compete in all sorts of different games and sports. Kirsty was staying with her best friend, Rachel Walker, in Tippington during school break, so she had come along to watch.

  The 100-yard dash was the last race of the morning, and Rachel was doing really well.

  “Come on, Rachel, keep going!” Kirsty yelled. The two runners were so close, it was impossible to guess who was going to win. At the very last moment, Rachel surged past the other girl and crossed the finish line first.

  “Yay! Rachel wins!” Kirsty cheered, jumping up and down. She beamed at some of the other children who had watched the race, but they all looked unhappy. They must have wanted the other girl to win really badly, Kirsty thought.

  Rachel came over a few moments later, smiling. Her face was flushed. “Phew — that was a close one,” she panted.

  Kirsty smiled. “What an exciting race!”

  “Well, I thought so,” Rachel said. “But have you noticed that everyone else seems really bored?”

  Kirsty looked around. It was true. A girl nearby was scuffing the grass with her foot and complaining to her dad that she was too cold. One of the older boys was saying that he was hungry. Even some of the teachers seemed bored.

  A startling thought struck both girls at exactly the same time. “It must be because the Tuesday Fun Flag is missing,” Kirsty said in a low voice.

  “That’s just what I was about to say,” Rachel agreed. “That explains why nobody is having fun today!”

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