Chapter 3

Chapter THREE We flew together, over the tops of the fir trees, towards the centre of the forest. It was starting to get dark and the sky was turning a deep, inky blue, scattered with tiny, twinkling stars. I could see other fairies now flying towards the Frost Festival too! Some of them were holding lanterns, glowing

warmly in the dusky light. Eventually, we came to a large clearing in the middle of the forest. Down below I could see a huge ice rink gleaming beneath the light of the moon. There were lots of stalls too, all strung with coloured lights. I could see fairies selling sugared nuts, and pink, fluffy fairy-floss, and little carved animals made of wood. There was also a fairground with twirling, twinkling rides. The Frost Festival was very busy! I had never seen so many fairies in one place before. I felt butterflies of excitement begin to flutter inside me. It all looked so magical. It was beautiful!

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'Let's get some hot chocolate,' suggested Aunt Crystal, leading us down towards a stall with a pink and gold striped canopy. 'They have all sorts of different sprinkles and types of chocolate here!' 'Oh lovely!' said Mum. 'White chocolate for me, please! With rose petals scattered over the top.' 'Marshmallows on mine, please,' said Uncle Wren. 'May I have rainbow sprinkles?' I asked. 'And a gingerbread biscuit stuck in the whipped cream?' 'Of course!' laughed Aunt Crystal. 'Bic bic!' said Honeyblossom.

'Yes you can have a biscuit too!' said Mum, patting my baby sister gently on her head. 'I don't suppose they have any red hot chocolate?' asked Dad. As we waited in the queue for our drinks, I watched the skaters on the ice rink. There was a little snowy island with