Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR We made our way to the food stall, which smelled of hot dogs and burnt sugar. Mum got us a stick of candyfloss each. It tasted like clouds! 'Yum,' I said, biting into the fluff, which melted immediately on my tongue. 'You know what would make this

candyfloss really exciting?' said Mum, waving her wand before anyone could say anything. 'If it changed flavour with every bite!'

Sparkles rained down on us, and the next time I bit into my candyfloss I tasted cherry pie. 'Ooh, butterscotch!' said Mirabelle. 'Chocolate cake!' said Wilbur. 'Frogspawn,' said Dad wrinkling his nose. 'Oh,' said Mum, 'hang on.' She waved her wand again. 'Red juice!' said Dad. 'My favourite!' I stared up at the sky, which was beginning to darken, and at the fairy lights that were fizzing and spluttering all

over the fairground. Some of the bulbs were broken. After all the magic we had already done, fixing the fairy lights wouldn't make much of a difference. Why shouldn't I help out a little bit too? 'Can I try and mend them?' I asked. 'Good idea,' said Dad. I closed my eyes tight and waved my wand above me, shooting a shower of sparks into the air. The broken lights began to twinkle and glow, and the fizzing and spluttering stopped.

'Lovely, Isadora,' said Mum. Then I had another irresistible idea. I waved my wand again, and this time the lights changed shape. Now they were all star and moon and bat shaped. 'Ooh, pretty!' said Mirabelle. I felt my face glow pink with pride. 'I think we should go on that spinny thing next,' said Wilbur, pointing towards a fast-looking ride which almost looked like a spider. There was a car at the end of each arm and it whizzed round and round like a very fast roundabout.

'Umm... Pink Rabbit doesn't want to try that ride, so I'm going to stay here with him,' I said. 'Me too,' said Mum.