Raymonda's Big Problem (youngsters:fairy tales, 869 words)
Author: Julia McGinty	Added: Oct 04 2001	Views/Reads: 5996/3191	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A tale about a beautiful fairy with a BIG problem...

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Raymonda didn't quite know what to say to this lunatic poem, so she just
said, "Hello." 

At that moment, Josephina Stinklebottom floated into the hall and
laughed. 

"I see you have already met my three assistant's assistants. I am
Josephina Stinklebottom, and this is the assistant that the assistant's 
assistants assist, Jahdette Heelpong. Now, let's have a look at these 
feet of yours." 

Raymonda lifted up her dress and Josephina inspected the embarassing
features. 

"Hmmm, I think I can fix this, with a bit of trial and error. It's the
only way to go these days, you know, because nothing, absolutley 
nothing, is exact anymore. It's a bit of a pain, really. Now, to get us 
back on the track (who got us off it, anyway?) we'll have to mix up 
some potion. Sit here, dear. Now..." 

Josephina started pottering around, gathering this and that and mumbling
things that Raymonda could not understand. Everything she picked up was 
thrown into a rather large, black cauldron, and Purple, Red and Pink 
began to mix it with a knife and fork, while Jahdette gave 
instructions. In just a few minutes, Josephina announced that the mix 
was ready. The three elves poured some out of the pot, into a large 
bowl, and Jahdette instructed Raymonda to put her feet in the bowl. As 
soon as they touched the brown liquid, Raymonda's feet went numb. She 
couldn't feel a thing. When her feet were pulled out, the elves gasped 
in unison. Raymonda's feet were, well, nonexistent. They were gone. 

"Some more skapprer, quick," barked Josephina, and in just a few
seconds, Raymonda's 'feet' were back in the tub. This time, when they 
were pulled out, they were purple. 

"Oh no!" gasped Josephina, "lybot, hurry!" 

Once the lybot was added, the footbath became warmer. When Raymonda
removed her feet they were the perfect size, shape and colour. 

"Oh, thankyou!" cried the fairy, and she payed and thanked Josephina
again, and drove happily away. 

Back in Enchanting Village, life was good for Raymonda, as she had now
married the pixie Brendan and thay had a daughter of their own, 
Shannona. But Raymonda's merriments were not joined by some other 
citizens, such as the shoemaker, who had gone bankrupt since Raymonda 
hadn't been paying so much for her shoes. 

However, the shoemaker left to try his chances in Hollywood, so, except
for a shortage of shoes, the people of Enchanting Village lived happily 
ever after. 


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