On
the way home from a game in which his team were yet again thoroughly
thrashed, Douglas spotted a fairy drowning in a pond. Bravely Douglas
dived to the rescue, scooped the little fellow out, and placed him safely
on the grass beside the pond.
‘Thank
you very much,’ spluttered the fairy ‘for your good deed I shall grant
you a wish.’
‘Whoooh’
yelled Douglas ‘can I have a huge bundle of gold?’
‘Actually’
apologised the fairy ‘gold is so very difficult to get these days – is
there perhaps something else?’
‘Could
I have an enchanted castle to live in?’ enquired Douglas
excitedly’
‘I’m
so sorry’ replied the embarrassed fairy ‘but we ran out of enchanted
castles hundreds of years ago.’
‘I
know’ squealed Douglas in delight ‘you would make me the happiest
person in the world if you could arrange for my team to win the league
cup.’
There
was a few minutes hesitation then the fairy whispered ‘On second
thoughts, I probably could manage to get you that castle and some gold . .
.’
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