JOY IN CHINA.

As always, Joy went to bed this weekend in anticipation of going to Fairy Land with the Blue Fairy. But things were going to be different again.
When Blue Fairy came to his dreams in the night, she was brimming with excitement and dancing with happiness.
“You sure look very happy, Blue Fairy!!” said Joy.
“I am, Joy! And it is all because of you.” she replied. “The Fairy King noticed what you did for so many of the Fairytale characters. He has decided to fix all the problems now.”
“That sure is good news!!” Joy said, “Let’s go and see!!” as he got up from the bed.
“I’m afraid you can’t” the Blue fairy replied. “Fairy Land is now closed for renovation. But I can take you anywhere else you wish!”
Disappointed, Joy said no place can be as much fun as Fairy Land!! The Blue Fairy laughed heartily at listening this. “Earth is more beautiful than anywhere else, Joy. There is so much to see in your own land.”
Joy knew that the Blue Fairy was right. But he didn’t want to go anywhere alone any more. So he asked if Sid could come along, and the blue fairy agreed. The two boys decided to go to the Great Wall of China.
The Blue fairy took them to Great Wall of China. “I’ll come to pick you up later” she said, and left. The kids saw some steps leading up to a huge long wall, and climbed up. They were atop the Great Wall of China, and could see it extending on both directions like an endless river.
“Wow!!” exclaimed Joy. “I wonder which house would need a wall so long?”
“No Silly”, Sid explained. “It was made to protect Chinese people from invaders”.
As soon as Sid finished his sentence, two Chinese men approached them, and started talking to them in Mandarin, the Chinese language. Joy could not understand a single word, but Sid could catch the words “Beijing’ and ‘Olympics’ from their sentences. Confused, he nodded and said Yes! The moment he said ‘yes’; the men took them to a waiting helicopter. Now, the boy had never ridden a helicopter, so the quite willingly climbed up. It was only when the helicopter started flying; they realized that they have done a grave error! They were with strangers they could not understand, going to an unknown place. How would the Blue Fairy find them??
The helicopter reached Beijing, the capital of China. It was marked with tall buildings, and crisscross flyovers. The copter landed at a huge stadium, and the two Chinese men started showing the stadium to them. Joy was so scared, he was about to cry. Sid noticed this and calmed him.
“Joy, I think we have been confused for someone else. These people are showing us the preparations underway for Olympic Games that will be held in China in 2008.”
“I don’t care” wailed Joy. “You just tell me how will we reach back home!!”
“I’ll take you” said a familiar sweet voice from behind. The boys turned back, and were ecstatic to find the Blue Fairy.
“Why did you come here with complete strangers!! I had to fly all over China to locate you two!!” she scolded them all the way to home, but Joy and Sid were just glad to be safe with her.