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Wanda flew around the large circus tent in a panic. She had to find the girls. Had the wish ended too soon? The crowd started to fill up the seats around the arena and Wanda saw the three girls with Bethany’s parents. She flew over, ready to apologise about the wish going wrong.
‘Bethany,’ she said as she fluttered up to her. The girl sat down and stared at the arena with a big grin. ’I’m sorry...’
Bethany didn’t answer. She just grinned. Wanda noticed that Bethany wasn’t wearing a pink bracelet. It was the double!
She knew that meant Bethany and her two friends were still somewhere in the circus. But where? At last she spotted a flash of pink around the wrist of three clowns. They were rushing around throwing water at each other and honking horns at the crowd. Everyone was laughing, including the clowns.
Wanda breathed a sigh of relief. She settled down to watch the clowns. It looked as if things were going right after all. Bethany threw a cream pie at Sarah. Sarah ducked and the pie hit Jo. The crowd roared with laughter.
A short time later the rainbow lights flashed again and Wanda flew around to find where the girls had gone this time.
‘Wanda!’ This time Bethany sounded scared and Wanda flew in the direction it came from. What could be wrong? She reached a cage at the back of the arena. A very short person was standing in the cage holding a chair. Around their wrist was a pink band.
‘Bethany!’ Wanda shouted as she realised that there was a lion in the cage too. She reached into her bag for her wand. Rules or not, she was going to do something about this. Just as she was about to wish Bethany off to safety she paused. She looked a little closer at the lion and saw... a pink band with ‘forever’ on it, around one leg. It was Jo.
Wanda grinned. Bethany was in no danger if her friend was the lion. ‘Look,’ she said, pointing out the band to the scared birthday girl.
Then they both noticed the chair had a band too. It said - Friends. Wanda couldn’t help but giggle. Bethany laughed as well. Poor Sarah was a chair!
Bethany, Sarah (the chair) and Jo (the lion) entertained the crowd for a few minutes then everyone’s attention went up to the top of the tent.
‘What’s going on up there?‘ Bethany asked, putting Sarah on the ground. Even Jo, the lion, looked up.
High up in the air people dressed in sparkly clothes were swinging on a trapeze.
‘That looks scary,’ Bethany said. Jo growled in agreement. Sarah said nothing.
There was another flash of rainbow lights and the real lion tamer and chair were back. So was the lion! Wanda flew out of the cage in a hurry as the lion snapped at her.