Ah, now even the stone bird bath in the garden was sporting a party hat. Silverius Cuttleberry went closer to inspect it. Maybe this was something that the humans had done. No, the material looked familiar. Yes, it was made from the scraps of ribbon from his last two hats. He shook his head and then saw a sliver of red flash by his eyes. Off he went to chase it. Maybe that will lead him to the mystery of the hats.
Silverius Cuttleberry noticed that his millinery supplies seemed to be disappearing faster than he was making hats. Maybe he had miscounted? One morning he saw that the visiting fairy wrens were all wearing his hats. No, on closer inspection these weren't his creations. Who was stealing his supplies and making hats for the birds from Australia?
Silvanna Cuttleberry was intrigued by her father's hat making shop. She loved the smell of leather, the beautiful, shiny ribbons made from the cocoons of the silkworms, and the feel of the soft tail feathers from hummingbird's moltings. Most of all she loved the metallic sound of the scissors when slicing through fabrics. Her fondest wish was to grow up to be a famous hat maker just like her father.
Generation after generation, the Cuttleberry scissors were passed down from father to son to carry on the tradition. This was the first time that a father had no son to pass on the scissors. The Cuttleberry males believed that it was bad luck for a daughter to handle the family scissors, let alone become a hat maker. Silverius was no exception.
How could Silvanna convince her father that she was destined to continue the family business?
It was getting dark and Lemondrop needed to get home but she was having so much fun with her new friend. She invited Valerienne Rose to come and spend the night with her in the lemon orchard. After getting permission from her family, Valerienne Rose agreed. So they flew away from the strawberry patch, over the large border of sunflowers to the orchard.
Lemondrop explained to Valerienne Rose that she had lost her tights when she fell into the strawberry field. "No worries Lemondrop. The ants can find them for us."
"No, that's a strawberry. That's too round. The tights are flat."
"Yes, that's flat, but that's a leaf. Try again please."
"That's it! Oh thank you ants. You've found my tights."
Lemondrop was very happy to finally have her tights again. She was so glad that she had met Valerienne Rose. It's always good to have new friends.
Wow, such a great list of names for this little fairy: Very Berry, Berrypatch, Merryberry, Leela, Dewberry, Dates, Licorice, Coco, Cocoberry, Poppy, Strawberrina, Gumdrop Fairy-Berry, Strawberry Salsa, Popsicle, Frageria, Earthberry, and Strawberry Dew Fairy. All such gorgeous names, but ultimately I went with one of my husband's suggestions.
Please meet Valerienne Rose. She was so happy to have all of you participate.
My husband did the honors and drew the lucky winner, Katie Greenwood of My Sandbox. So if you'll send me your address I'll send you either the juggling print or this new one.
I can't let everyone else go empty handed, so if you'll send me your address I'll mail each of you an ATC.
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