Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue by Disney Book Group Page B

fairies.
    “Hold on, Little Miss Spare Parts!” Vidia said in her sarcastic voice. “You’re not going near the human house, are you?”
    Tinker Bell’s ears pricked up. “There’s a human house ?”
    Rosetta kissed the petals of a sleepy flower bud, and it blossomed into life. “Now, Vidia,” Rosetta asked, “don’t you think Tinker Bell knows better than that?”
    Vidia’s brows went up. “Have you met Tinker Bell?” she asked.
    Iridessa screwed a “bulb” of light into a flower bud, and it glowed with new life. “Tink knows we have to steer clear of the humans or we won’t be able to get our work done. Right, Tink?” Iridessa said.
    “Right,” Tinker Bell agreed. “But … then again …” Tinker Bell tried to think of some way of making a promise without actually making a promise.
    She liked human things.
    Vidia threw up her hands in disgust. “Ugh. It’s going to be a long summer.” She flew off in a blur, as quickly as she had arrived.
    “Grouchy,” Silvermist commented.
    “Oh, that’s just Vidia being Vidia,” Iridessa responded.
    “No,” Silvermist said. “The air. The air smells grouchy.”
    “You can smell the weather?”
    “Yes,” Silvermist said. “Sometimes it smells happy. Sometimes mad. And right now, it smells grouchy. We might be in for a storm.”
    Fawn came flitting over to help some nearby fairies paint butterfly wings. “Come on, Sil,” she argued. “The sun is shining. The air is warm. It’s a beautiful day. Nothing’s going to—”
    Hooooonk!
    Whatever Fawn was about to say was drowned out by a loud and piercing sound.
    Everybody jumped, and Fawn was so startled that she splashed paint all over the unpainted wing of a butterfly. The half-painted butterfly flew away, spooked by the noise and Fawn’s reaction.
    “Ohhhh!” Fawn groaned in frustration.
    Before anyone could say a word or ask any questions, a scout fairy came whizzing overhead, blowing his horn. That was the signal that humans were coming and everyone needed to hide.
    In front of Tink’s eyes, the entire scene seemed to vanish into thin air. Fairies disappeared, along with their tools, behind twigs, blossoms, leaves, and flowers.
    Tinker Bell, however, was too curious to resist the temptation to see what was happening. Instead of going into hiding, she poked her head up through the foliage and stared at the road, determined to know who, or what, had made that grand and explosive sound.
    Hooooonk!
    Tinker Bell’s eyes widened as the noise grew louder, coming around the bend. Then, suddenly, the thing appeared.

The driver was a man. Beside him was a little girl.
    Tinker Bell guessed that the little girl was about eight years old. There was no top on the automobile, so Tinker Bell was able to hear their conversation.
    “Thank goodness we’re here, Father. It’s just like I remember it,” said the little girl.
    The man smiled. “Yes, Lizzy. Same as last year.”
    Tinker Bell was amazed by the car. Wow! What a contraption. What made it go, she wondered?
    The man got out and opened the back of the automobile. The lid popped up like the top of a treasure chest. Tinker Bell peered down, curious to see what was inside.
    Sadly, there were no gold coins or jewels. Just an assortment of big leather boxes with handles.
    “I wish it was summer all year long !” the little girl shouted happily. She jumped out of the car and dashed into the house, practically falling over a grumpy-looking cat. “Sorry about that, Mr. Twitches,” she said with a laugh.
    Lizzy’s father struggled with the large suitcases, lugging them into the house.
    Tinker Bell quickly forgot about the humans. What she really wanted was a good look at this thingamabob.
    She flew toward the car and zoomed underneath it. Very ingenious. Tink was impressed.
    Just as she was about to dive into the greasy guts and really take a good look, Vidia popped up in front of her. “Tinker Bell. What are you doing?”
    “Vidia!” Tinker Bell