Truly & Zlata set off to see if they could find out who owned the object they had found in the garden. Zwoggle had decided he wanted to get out of the clothes he had worn for the party, so Jasmine & Meadow said they would wait for him & make sure the house was locked up so told the others to go ahead. Zlata & Truly had been walking a while, Zlata skipped along but Truly was keeping an eye on the object she was holding in case she dropped it. Zlata had assured her that she could skip & hold the object & all would be well. They climbed a small hill & just in front of them they saw a couple of toadstools & what looked like a young girl sat on the biggest one. They both quickened their pace & came to the girl & noticed she was sat reading a book. "Er excuse me, pardon us for disturbing you but would you know anyone that might have lost this?" asked Zlata. She held the white object up so the girl could see. The young girl, who Zlata thought looked so pretty,she was wearing a beautiful purple dress, didn't respond to Zlata's question. Zlata looked down at her own dress & thought that she looked rather dowdy in her brown one. She wished she had worn the green one. Truly went a bit closer. "I know you are there." the girl suddenly said. Making Truly jump back. "Would you mind if I just finished this page?" Truly walked back & sat near the smaller toadstool that Zlata had climbed onto, thankfully Truly saw that the object was still intact & thought how lovely the stars were that surrounded it. The young girl looked down at Truly, "Now, what do you want to know?" she asked. As she lowered the book. "We wondered if you have had anyone come by who may have lost this object." said Zlata, butting in, as the girl had spoken to Truly. She asked Zlata to lift the object a bit higher so she could see. "No sorry, haven't a clue what it is. Nor have I seen anyone looking for anything." the young girl said. "Could I ask your name & what you are reading." Truly asked her. I am Arabella Juniper & I am reading Alice in Wonderland." she said. "I am Truly & this is Zlata." Truly told her. Zlata didn't think she cared much for Arabella Juniper, reading Alice in Wonderland, my foot she thought. The front of the book read Fairy Tales. "We are waiting for our friends, we are all going to look & see if we can find who has lost this." Said Truly turning & pointing to the object, that was still sitting firmly on Zlata's hand. As she turned, she saw Meadow, Jasmine & Zwoggle coming over the hill. She heard Zwoggle shout, "There they are." They thanked Arabella for her time & as they walked away, they could see her get back to he book, Thanks for all the lovely comments & favs, so, so appreciated. xxx Background & Arabella - janeeden