6. A Silver Lining

"Give that back!" the goblin shouted. Every time Rachel's cloud flew past him, he tried to grab back the feather, but he missed over and over again. The clouds were spinning around so fast now that Rachel was getting very dizzy. "Help!" she called. "Somebody stop this cloud!" Pearl swooped down and plucked the feather out of Rachel's hand. Then she waved it in a special pattern, and the clouds began to slow down and drift away. Kirsty caught Rachel's cloud with one hand, and she pulled it open to free her friend.

Rachel dizzily tumbled out. The goblin was dizzy, too, from watching all the clouds spinning around his head. He was walking in circles, looking for the Cloud Feather. When he saw that Pearl had it, he lunged forward and grabbed for her. Pearl flew out of the wag just in time, but the goblin lost his balance. He tripped and fell headfirst into the candy wrapping machine! The girls and Pearl watched in amazement as the yelling goblin was wrapped in a huge sheet of shiny silver paper. Then the goblin-shaped candy moved along the conveyor belt, and was wrapped with a sparkly silver ribbon. "That serves him right!" Rachel laughed.

"Corne on," said Pearl, smiling. "Let's get out of here before he unwraps himself!" Kirsty sprinkled herself with fairy dust and immediately turned into a fairy again. Then the three friends flew out of the factory through the air vent. Outside, Pearl waved her magic wand and returned the girls to their normal size.

"I'd better make sure everyone else in Wetherbury gets back to normal right away!" Pearl laughed. She waved her feather through the air in a complicated pattern. "That should do it," she said cheerfully. They set off for the Tates' house, and Pearl hid in Rachel's pocket again. "Look," whispered Rachel, as they made their way through the village. "There aren't any clouds over people's heads anymore!"

"And everyone's happy and laughing again," added Kirsty. The kids playing in the park were all smiling now, and as the girls passed the post office, Mrs. Burke gave them a cheerful wave. "I'll give Doodle his beautiful Cloud Feather back," Pearl said, when they arrived at the Tates' house. "He'll be so happy to see it!" Rachel and Kirsty stood in the garden. They watched as Pearl flew up to the top of the barn. The fairy placed the Cloud Feather in

Doodle's tail. A minute later, the rooster's feathers began to sparkle with fairy magic. "Doodle's coming to life again!" Kirsty cried. "Listen up, Rachel!" Doodle's feathers shimmered in the sun. "Frost w—!" he squawked. But the next minute, he was cold, hard metal again. "Beware, Jack Frost w—" Kirsty said thoughtfully, as Pearl flew down to join them. "What does it mean?" "I don't know," replied Pearl. "But be careful. Jack Frost won't want to lose any more magic feathers! And now I have to return to Fairyland." The pretty fairy hugged Rachel and Kirsty, scattering little, shiny pink and white clouds around them. Then she fluttered up into the sky. "Good-bye!" she called, "And thank you! Good luck finding the other four weather feathers!" "Good-bye!" called Kirsty and Rachel, waving.