Lisa’s Wish

Lisa sat among the trees on the island, drawing. “ Lisa! We need to leave, ” shouted Mom. “ I’m coming, ” said Lisa. Lisa hurried to the boat. “ I just finished my picture. Look. ” “ Oh, that’s very nice, ” said Mom. “ Is that you on the horse?” “ No, ” answered Lisa sadly. “ I don’t know how to ride a horse. This is Princess Sunapee and the eagle king. ”

" It is a nice picture, ” said Grandma. “ It’s also time to teach her to ride. ” “ Lisa is too young to ride a horse, ” said Mom to Grandma. " Wow, what a day! ” said Dad. “ I’m exhausted, ” said Frank. “ I guess it must be all the swimming and baseball. ”

I can’t wait to go to bed so I can put my eagle feather under my pillow, ” said Lisa. “ I know it’ll work just as well as a tooth. ” Back at Grandpa’s house, Lisa talked to her brother. “ Having a missing tooth feels strange, ” said Lisa. " You’ll get used to it, ” said Frank. “ And the big ones in back feel the strangest. ” “ I’ll lose those too? Wow, that’s a lot of wishes. ”

" Ah, don’t believe in those wishes too much, ” said Frank. “ My wishes hardly ever came true. Instead you’ll just find a dollar under your pillow in the morning. ” “ I don’t believe you, ” said Lisa. " You’ll see, ” Frank said, smugly. “ The tooth fairy is getting old. She can’t grant as many wishes as she used to. She’ll give you a dollar instead. If you find a dollar under your pillow tomorrow, then you know that your wish isn’t going to come true. ”

Lisa didn’t believe her brother because she knew that she was making a wish to the feather fairy and not the tooth fairy. Lisa carefully put the feather under the pillow of the bottom bunk. 'Did you brush your teeth?” asked Mom. “ Yes, Mom, we both did, ” said Lisa.

" Mom, Frank said that the tooth fairy is too old to grant wishes anymore. Is that true, Mom?” asked Lisa. No, but the tooth fairy can’t grant all wishes. Her magic is only as big as your tooth. If your wish is too big for her magic, she sometimes just leaves a dollar, ” answered Mom.