The Fairy Godmother
Chapter One
This is not the way to spend a beautiful spring morning! Elena Klovis thought, as she peered
around the pile of bandboxes in her arms. They were full of hats, so they weren't particularly
heavy - unlike most of her stepmother's luggage - but they were very awkward to carry.
There was a lark serenading the morning somewhere overhead, and Elena wished with all her
heart she was him and not herself.
Still, if nothing went wrong, in a few hours she just might be free! If not as free as a bird, at
least better off than she was now.
She took a few more steps, feeling her way carefully with her bare toes, and caught sight of the
neighbors peering over the rose-covered wall as she passed by their perch. They must have
been standing on boxes or a bench to do so, and even at that, all that could be seen of them
was the tops of their caps, a few little greying curls escaping from beneath the lace, and two sets
of eyes, blue and bright with curiosity.
Their curiosity would have to wait. She didn't have time to satisfy it right now.
Elena felt her way o ... read full excerpt from: The Fairy Godmother: A Tale of the Five Hundred Kingdoms ebook
