With the rumble of the waterfall in the distance, I slipped into sleep and dreamed of a red-haired girl holding a posy of white flowers. The words of Mr. Noyes's poem crept from the pages of my picture book and tiptoed into my mind. "Then you blow your magic vial, / Shape it like a crescent moon, / Set it up and make your trial, / Singing, 'Fairies, ah, come soon! Hazel Gaynor
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The rumble of the waterfall was like a lullaby that gently rocked me into sleep. As I drifted off, images of the red-haired girl and the white flowers that she held danced before my eyes. I turned to the page of my picture book where her wild red curls were captured in ink. Her flowers, so bright and white, seemed to glow with light.

As I studied them, strange thoughts began to bubble to the surface of my mind. The song Mr. Noyes had written about fairies singing, "Fairies, ah, come soon!" echoed through my mind.

I wondered if he had imagined these words as he wrote them. Could fairies really come into our world? If they did, what would happen? My mind danced with questions and ideas as I drifted off into sleep.

Source: The Cottingley Secret

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