Chapter 5

Chapter FIVE 'Run!' screamed the people. 'Monsters!!' 'Oh Mirabelle!' wailed Dad, putting his head in his hands. 'What have you done?' 'Only the same as Isadora did to the carousel, said Mirabelle defensively, but I noticed that she didn't seem quite so sure of herself now.

'Well you've gone too far!' said Dad. 'Look at all the people running away. All the good work we have done is ruined!' We all watched as the monsters rampaged round the fair. They didn't seem dangerous to me, just excitable and curious. They had lost interest in the people and had spotted the bright lights of the food stands. Hungrily they began to gobble down hot dogs, popcorn, doughnuts, and every-flavoured candyfloss.

'Stop!' the owner of the food stall shouted. 'Help!' He looked dismayed. 'We have to stop them,' said Wilbur. 'We need to think of something!' 'I have an idea,' said Mum. She waved her wand and a leafy vine streamed out of it. She tied it into a lasso. Then she made six more. 'Take these,' she said, thrusting one out to each of us. 'Let's try and round the monsters up!' We each grabbed a

lasso and ran away into the fair. It was chaos. People were running all over the place and screaming, popcorn and hot dogs were flying through the air. I ran over to the food stall and threw my lasso, but the monsters saw me coming. They laughed, thinking it was a great game, and started to run away, scattering across the fair and starting to climb up the rides. 'Oh no!' cried Mum, 'I think we need a better plan. I flapped my little bat wings and rose up into the air. I tried to lasso another monster, who was crawling up the side of the rollercoaster, but it was

too strong for me. I ended up being whooshed through the air as the monster took hold of my vine and started pulling me towards it. I needed something to fly on, something strong. 'The carousel!' I shouted, tugging the lasso away from the monster and flying over to my favourite ride. I landed on the back of a Pegasus, and tugged gently on the reigns. The magical creature leapt off the carousel and started to rise up into the air, flapping its big, beautiful wings. Its body felt strong and solid beneath me. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Wilbur jumping onto a dragon's back.

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