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Cap for Monafee.

Monafee was one of the very few fairies that had not learnt while she was at Fairy School. It was not her fault she just could not pay attention for more than a few seconds and so let things pass her by. Monafee could not use a magic wand or even do a simple magic spell, colouring flowers was beyond her means in fact she could do none of the things that all the other fairies could do.

All the fairies loved Monafee she was very sweet and gentle by nature. Sometimes when the fairies were playing hide and seek she would sit with her back to a tree and close her eyes thinking that if she could not see the other fairies then they could not see her. Most of the fairies played this little game with Monafee when she sat under a tree with her eyes closed they pretended not to see her and let her win many of the games of hide and seek.

Her Majesty, Queen Feeana, Queen of all the fairies knew of the problems of Monafee and of one or two other fairies and decided to help. Calling the wise old fairies to her, she said that she wanted something simple that would enable Monafee to become invisible. This would be added protection in a world that was not too fairy friendly. Many were the ideas put forward but most were too complicated. I was asked if I had any ideas on what to do.

My first thought was for something very simple and a picture of a boy’s cap came into my head. You know a cap with a peak that one could easily place on one’s head. I suggested a cap and the idea was accepted with joy by the wise old fairies. My next move was to go into town and buy a cap suitable for a boy. I bought two such caps in the smallest of sizes. The wise old fairies studied the caps and actually took one of them to pieces.

Then off the wise old fairies went to look for herbs and spells that would make one disappear. It took six months for them to find the right herbs and things. I was then shown a most strange looking object that did not look like a cap. Sewn into it were a few feathers. Some dried grasses and some leaves. There was a peak to the cap of sorts but it was certainly not like the two caps that I had bought and shown to them.

I tuned the cap around in my hands and looked for any weakness that might be present. I could see nothing wrong with the cap and tried it by putting it on my head. Looking down at myself I could see nothing I had completely disappeared. The cap was a huge success and was given to Monafee. If she was in danger she was to put the cap on and walk or fly away from the danger. This pleased Monafee she could now really play hide and seek with the other fairies. She nearly always won from this time on.

One day the fairies were playing one of their usual games of hide and seek when Monafee lost the cap from her head. In her excitement she tried to run and got her foot caught in a tree root. As she fell to the ground the cap fell from her head and she became visible for all to see. The other fairies soon picked up Monafee from the ground but her cap of invisibility could not be found.

All of the fairies searched the woods but it was all to no avail the cap was lost seemingly forever. I hurried home and looked into my magic mirror and saw the cap. It had fallen from Monafee’s head and landed in a rabbit warren.

One day a rabbit came across the cap and pushed it out from the hole and left it on the forest floor. I went myself looking for the cap and found it as I had seen it in my magic mirror. I took the cap home with me and sewed a couple of ribbons to it so that Monafee could tie it on her head when playing in this was she would not loose it so easily.

The ribbons I sewed onto the cap were one in blue and the other in red they were the only ribbons I had at home. I placed the cap with the ribbons on my head and became invisible. The two ribbons remained red and blue for all to see. This would have meant that anyone looking for Monafee would only have to look for the two ribbons. I then took the cap back to the wise old fairies and they took it with them and in a couple of days time I was able to give it back to Monafee who now tied the cap on her head like one does a bonnet.

The wise old fairies have made a number of such caps for fairies like Monafee over the years and with the ribbons no one else has lost a cap. All Fairies love to play hide and seek and it is good to see that even the fairies that were not so clever at school can play with their friends and not sit to one side and watch the other fairies playing.