Text by Gail Carson Levine
Art by David Christiana
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Levine, Gail Carson.
Fairy Haven and the quest for the wand / by Gail Carson Levine ;
illustrated by David Christiana.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Sequel to: Fairy dust and the quest for the egg.
Summary: Three fairies from Never Land must deliver a wand they promised to the mermaid who has threatened to flood their home in Fairy Haven.
[1. Fairies—Fiction. 2. Mermaids—Fiction.]
I. Christiana, David, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.L578345Fa 2007
[Fic]—dc22
2006030967
ISBN: 978-1-4231-4334-5
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(Accompanied by tail thumps against a hard surface to establish a slow, sad rhythm)
Ui eEe… oooooioooOooo
aiiyoyo!
yuyuUyuy…aAaAaA Eaa.
aaE eee!
oooooioooOooo. iAii…
iU eI aOaO!
uuooo… uUooo…o
uaeouuaeou yooeee!
iaia. oooooioooOooo
yuyuUyuy ayAy!
ioiOioi EE
ee…Ee eE…ieieYooyoo!
iii
oooooioooOooo yuyuUyuy eeay!
eaea uaueu u U u
oooooioooOooo!
oooooioooOooo
oo… OO ooeyyaya!
yuyuUyuy. iAii…
iU eI.…ooeeO!
ieieYooyoo. EE ee
iAii Uyaya!
ooeyyaya…
oooooioooOooo iiEeO!
(Translation from the Mermish: Once upon a time, more or less recently, a beautiful and generous mermaid of middle rank met a tiny and insignificant fairy, who was so lowly she lacked both wings and a wand. And she certainly had no tail, since fairies are not fortunate in this regard. The fairy most pathetically begged the kindhearted mermaid for the gift of her comb, a four-pearled whalebone of superb design. The comb was needed, or so the cunning fairy said, to save the life of a bird whose survival was of no concern to mermaids. However, because of her great goodness, the lovely mermaid consented, asking only for a magic wand in return. The lying, ungrateful fairy agreed and swam away with the precious comb—NEVER TO RETURN WITH THE MAGIC WAND—although the sweet mermaid waited, first with hope, then with resignation, and finally with despair. She composed this tragic and moving song to express her regret at the treachery of fairies.)