The white fairy waited for the travelers to pass before she stepped out of the hillside. They were so focused on the cold, she wasn’t sure they would notice her, but if they did, they would not have been ready. Her job was to catch the ones who were ready. Those who ventured into the forest not to get through it, but to become it. These travelers were easy enough to spot. She called them the dreamers. She could see the glow of their green hearts as they gazed in wonder at a landscape that looked lifeless to most.
Of course, they often spotted her with ease, even when she sometimes tried to test them with her stillness. Eyes that could see were never fooled by attempts at camouflage. Today, though, she was waiting for the one who didn’t yet know the world he thought was real was really a facade. These were her favorite humans. She loved to catch the veil as it lifted from the inner eye. The moment of surprised delight that followed made the wait well worth it. Magic, these travelers were about to discover, was not a just the stuff of fairy tales.
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The Light Behind the Story 
Delightful, if only such a thing existed.
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Who says it doesn’t 😉
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The magic is there I think its just a matter of believing. Excellent response to this image Alethea.
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Thank you, Michael.
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Yes, the magic is there and the veil no more than a wisp of illusion…
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❤
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This is lovely, Alethea 🙂 A little bit of magic
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Thank you, Helen. 🙂
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So the dreamers get whisked away to another land, eh?
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Same land, different reality perhaps 😉
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Oh, I love that, Alethea.
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Thank you, Steve 🙂
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as they gazed in wonder at a landscape that looked lifeless to most. Great line!
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Thank you, Dan. 🙂
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