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Mmm as a fairy
godmother I know a lot about forests... especially Magic Forests like
this one as this is where all the fairies live. The trees here are
so blue and beautiful and there's so many of them, that we fairies
have a wonderful time flying from limb to limb and making fairy swings
in the shade of the juicy leaves. However there was a time... known
as the time of the woodchoppers... when trees in the Magic Forest
were in danger. Let me tell you all about it...
It was a long, long time ago and the trees around here were just starting
to turn blue. They looked quite pretty really, but not quite as true
blue as they are today. Anyway it was at this time that the Magic
Forest was in danger. You see the woodchoppers used to come charging
into the forest and chop down the trees... very sad, really. In this
"time of the woodchoppers" we fairies didn't hold out
much hope for the Magic Forest. Not much hope at all. Everyday the
woodchoppers would come, chop down lots of trees and then they would
return to their homes... leaving the trees on the ground weeping tears
of sap.
One day a very brave fairy, named Timber hid behind one of the trees.
And just as the lead woodchopper was about to start chopping the tree
down she cried out, "Please... please don't chop the trees
down!"
The woodchopper was surprised and looked around to see who had called
out. Of course he couldn't see the tiny fairy named Timber, so
again he lifted his axe and prepared to chop at the tree.
And again Timber called, "Please... please don't chop the
trees down!"
"Who is calling for me to save the trees," demanded the
woodchopper. "Come out now or I will chop and chop until this
tree is small enough to be the finest toothpick in the whole world!"
Now although she was afraid, Timber peeked out from behind the tree.
"It is me, Timber," she cried. "Please don't chop
down the trees."
"And what will you give me in return," demanded the Woodchopper.
Quickly Timber thought. What could she give the woodchopper in return?
What did she have that was worth anything to this big woodchopper?
And then it came to her.
"I'll give you three wishes," Timber stated boldly.
Now the woodchopper rubbed his chin and scratched his leg as he thought
about this offer. He knew the value of three wishes from a Magic Forest
fairy, but he was greedy and thought he'd ask for more.
"Right," he said. "I'll take those three wishes
and we won't chop down any more trees for 1 year. At the end
of that year we will return to the forest and if you do not give another
three wishes we will start chopping down all the trees!"
The fairy Timber agreed to this bargain and happily gave the woodchopper
his three wishes... which I might tell you he had wasted before even
leaving the forest... but that's another story.
Anyway, 'til this very day the woodchoppers return to the Magic
Forest every year to collect their three wishes. Mind you... woodchoppers
go into lots of forests looking for the fairy to stop them from cutting
down the trees... and to grant their wishes. You can hear these woodchoppers
call out to her as they cut down the trees... "Timber... TIMBER...
TIMBER!!"
© Banksia Productions Pty Ltd
THE WISHES
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