The kids waited in anticipation as the night fell. They didn’t have a clue about their next destination. Both Joy and Sid had spent the week discussing the possibilities: far and near, high and low. So when the Blue Fairy came, the curious little children could wait no longer to know where she intended to take them.
“It’s a beautiful capital city: modern, and yet in perfect tune with its traditions.” She hinted. But it was quite a vague clue, and the kids couldn’t guess a thing.
“It is the land where Sindbad the sailor belonged to” the blue Fairy suggested, but the children were still blank.
“Now this is the last clue- It is hugged by the sea on one side, and by rock mountains on the other.” Said the Fairy, smiling, as the boys’ eyes beamed with recognition.
“Just like
“Sometimes” explained the fairy “We get so busy in looking far and beyond, we fail to appreciate what is close and near.”
So the blue fairy took the reluctant boys to a flying ride around
Immediately, Joy and Sid cheered up. The trio went to the marina, where the fairy took off her wings and wand. She looked like a pretty 20 year old girl in her shimmering blue dress. “Let’s go for the dolphin watch like normal people”, she smiled.
So, they hired a boat from the marina. Besides the captain, there were around ten more people sitting on the boat. Soon, they took off to see the playful dolphins jumping and splashing in the deep sea waters.
Their boat reached the colony of dolphins in little time, and they saw plenty of dolphins leaping in the waters. It truly was a splendid sight, and the children were grateful to the blue fairy for bringing them here.
However, their joy was short-lived. It started to drizzle, and the boat’s engine developed some technical difficulty. The boat wasn’t working anymore!! All thirteen of them, and the captain of the boat, were stuck in the middle of the sea! The waves were high and strong, and it tossed the boat from one side to another. The sea, which looked beautiful and inviting a while before, now appeared merciless. Joy and Sid clung to the fairy, and pleaded her to wear her wings and wand and take them to safety.
“I can’t become a fairy in front of these people!” she said, herself rather scared. “People are not permitted to see fairies.”
“Then we surely will drown today!!” wailed Sid, and the other passengers started crying too.
“Blue Fairy, I have read that dolphins are intelligent mammals that help people in distress. Can they not help us today?” Joy asked. He was trying to act bravely and find a solution.
“I suppose I can try to ask them.” The fairy said. “Fairies can talk to animals you know.”
So working on Joy’s idea, the fairy asked dolphins for their help. The intelligent and elegant dolphins circled around their boat and to everybody’s surprise, pushed the boat all the way to the sea shore. The captain could hardly believe his eyes.
“I am sure it is a dream.” He said.
“I guess you can say so.” answered the fairy, as she took the weary children back to their beds in their homes.
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