Once upon a time, there lived a fairy in the woods. Her house was in a tree and it had a tiny white couch in the living room, and a tiny white bed with yellow covers in the bedroom. She had a pretty pink bathroom with a gold-framed mirror in it. She also had a little garden just behind the tree, with potted flowers. The fairy was very proud of her garden and its colorful flowers.

She lived with a roommate because renting a tree in the heart of the forest was expensive. Her roommate was a kind bluebird, who ensured that he went to the bathroom on the fairy’s pretty pink potty and not on other people’s heads like the birds of the city do.

One Sunday morning, the fairy made some pancakes for breakfast. She asked the bird to find her some syrup to pour over it. The bird looked all around the kitchen but couldn’t find any. “Maybe I can go out and get you some honey” the bird said. Now the bluebird was a good bird, but not too clever. He didn’t know that he had to buy honey. After all, bees have to be paid for their hard work. So he went to a nearby hive and started digging around and helping himself to some honey.

Some of the bees saw what he was doing. Boy, were they mad! They flew after the bird angrily and tried to sting him. It’s a good job that the bird could fly fast, because he flew for his life! He went into his tree and shut the door tight.

“What’s the matter,” the fairy asked. “Did you buy some honey?”

“I had to buy it? No, I just started to help myself from the bees’ hives.”

“Oh no!” said the fairy. “The bees must be very very angry!”

She looked out of her window and found a swarm of bees angrily trying to get through the windows and door.

She called out to them. “Hey good bees! Please don’t be angry. The bluebird here didn’t know any better!”

“He’s a thief!” the bees cried out. “And you are his friend. You must be a thief too!”

“Oh! We aren’t thieves!” said the fairy. “Look, I know you are angry but if leave us alone, I will give you a present.”

The bees considered this. “What will you give us?”

The fairy looked around her house. “I could give you my lovely gold-framed mirror.”

Bees love all things in the color gold, so they agreed.

“Now we won’t sting you, fairy,” they said. “We will only sting the bird!” With that, they tried to squeeze themselves into the closed windows again.

The bluebird was very scared!

“Wait!” the fairy said. I will give you the flowers from my garden if you leave the bird alone too.”

Bees use the nectar of flowers to make honey, so they were very happy! They carried the flowers back and put them under their hive. They took the mirror and gave it to their queen bee.

The bird was relieved that the bees were gone. How silly he had been!

But now the poor fairy had no flowers in her garden. She was very very sad. She went to the bathroom to wipe her tears, but that only made her sadder because she couldn’t look into her pretty gold mirror. To top it all, she and the bluebird had to eat dry pancakes for breakfast!

And the moral of the story is: Choose your roommates and friends wisely. They may not be head-pooping birds, but they could be accidental thieves.

The End