In the enchanted land of magical faeries and elves, there lived a beautiful faerie named Lauren. She was a princess among all the faeries and lived in the petals of a lovely flower. She was a very special princess for she would help Santa Claus at Christmas time by sprinkling Faerie Dust about the bedrooms of all the little boys and girls so they would not see Santa when he arrived to put their presents under the Christmas tree. The Faerie Dust would fall upon the eyelids of all the boys and girls and keep their eyes closed until Christmas morning. She was kept very busy and her tiny wings would become very tired but she would not stop. Santa loved his little faerie princess very much for she had helped him for many, many years and he thought it was time to reward Lauren for her loyal service. One day Santa called Lauren aside and said to her, "My little faerie princess, you have been so good and helpful to me, I am going to ask the King of the Elves to grant you a special wish." Lauren had never had a special wish before and was very excited. "What would she wish for?" She wondered. She remembered the year that it had snowed really bad. She had been late sprinkling the Faerie Dust and had seen the little boys and girls smiling and laughing excitedly as they opened all their presents from under the Christmas tree. "I know," She said to herself. "I will ask the King of the Elves to turn me into a little girl so that I may have wonderful presents to open on Christmas morning too." She told Santa of her wish. Santa asked the King of the Elves if this would be possible. The King replied that it would but once Lauren was a little girl she could not return to being a Faerie Princess, she would lose her wings, and would remain a little girl forever. Lauren agreed that it be so. The King of the Elves told Lauren to watch for the Golden Butterfly who would visit her very soon and grant her wish, but she must remember to give her tiny wings to the Golden Butterfly. And so it came about. Lauren the beautiful Faerie Princess, became Lauren the beautiful little girl who smiled and laughed excitedly as she opened her presents from under the Christmas tree on Christmas morning. Sammy Christmas 2005 This story was written especially for Silverael's little daughter, Lauren, (who is a beautiful little faerie), with much love this Christmas time. Footnote: Little Lauren will be 2 years old on January 5th. (My Mother's Birthday), which is the day before my birthday. Another two reasons why this lovely little girl means the world to me. Footnote; Please read the beautiful dedication written by Heartnsoul http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1285704 Sammy