3. Goblin Hunting

Pearl was resting her chin on her hands, and she also looked gloomy. She wore a beautiful pink and white dress with a full skirt, and in her hand, she held a pretty pink wand. The wand had a fluffy white tip. Little pink and white sunset clouds drifted and swirled out of it. To Kirsty's amazement, a tiny gray cloud hovered over Pearl's head. "Oh, Pearl! You have a rain cloud, too!" Kirsty said.

"I know." Pearl sighed, then her eyes flashed with annoyance. "It's because one of those nasty goblins is using the magic Cloud Feather— and he's doing it all wrong!" she snapped. "We think the goblin must be very close, because everyone in Wetherbury seems to have a cloud over them," Rachel told Pearl. "I'm sure you're right," Pearl said. "This is definitely fairy magic, so that mean old goblin can't be far away!" She fluttered up into the air, leaving a trail of shining pink and white clouds behind her. "Even you two are beginning to get clouds now!" she added. The girls rushed over to the mirror to look. Sure enough, tiny gray clouds were starting to form over their heads.

"Should we go find the Cloud Feather?" Kirsty asked eagerly. Pearl and Rachel both cheered up at that suggestion. Pearl zoomed over to hide herself in Rachel's jacket pocket. Then they all headed out into the village. This time, Rachel and Kirsty could see the clouds over people's heads much more clearly. Some were a pretty pink or orange color, and the people underneath them seemed quiet and dreamy.

Other clouds were black and stormy, and the people under those looked gloomy and annoyed. Some clouds were drizzling tiny raindrops, making their people look very sad. And a few very angry people had clouds with little lightning bolts over their heads. "Look." Rachel nudged Kirsty as a man with a lightning cloud hurried past, scowling. "His hair's standing straight up like he got an electric shock!" "Pearl," Kirsty whispered. "Why hasn't anyone else noticed the clouds?" Pearl popped her head out of Rachel's pocket. "Only magic beings like fairies can see them," she replied. "And you two, because you're

helping us." "The clouds are getting bigger," said Rachel, staring at a woman who passed by with an enormous rain cloud over her head. "We must be getting closer to the feather!" Pearl said eagerly. "But where can it be?" Kirsty wondered. "We're almost out of the village now." She stopped and looked around. Suddenly, she gasped, and pointed at a building to their left. "Look at the candy factory!" The candy factory stood right on the edge of Wetherbury. A stream of small pink and white clouds were puffing out of the tall brick chimney. "The goblin must be hiding inside the factory," Pearl cried, whizzing out of Rachel's pocket and fluttering up into the air. "It's time to rescue the Cloud Feather!"

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