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One stormy night,
a little fairy who lived at the bottom of my garden
tapped on my door.
Her house was ruined in a storm,
so I invited her in to live with me.
Cousin Niamh has come to live with us too.
You won't believe all the adventures we're having living with a fairy.
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Ah hello there.
Well, isn't this lovely having some company?
It's a little quiet around here.
Jay is gone off on his holidays.
So me and Fairy are doing a great job of minding the house,
and keeping it nice and tidy.
Well, tidy-ish.
Jay said he needed a break away.
'A break from what?' I asked him.
He just laughed.
Well anyway,
Fairy was really missing Jay.
So I had to find some way of distracting her.
And that's when all the fun started.
Now Jay, have you everything you need?
I do.
Oh, your hot water bottle.
I don't need my hot water bottle Niamh, it's summer.
Oh.
I don't need arm bands, I'm a very good swimmer Fairy.
Oh! You're passport.
I don't need a passport,
I'm not going on a plane or a boat.
I'm taking the bus to my favourite beach.
Now, I better get going or I'll miss it.
See you in a few days time.
Bye!
(SIGHS)
(FAIRY MAKES SAD NOISES)
So off Jay went on his holidays, and straight away Fairy was missing him.
So I thought I'd make her favourite breakfast.
Here you go Fairy.
I made you some pancakes.
'I'm not hungry' she cried, and flew down into her room.
(FAIRY MAKES SAD NOISES)
So the pancakes didn't work.
I think it made her miss Jay even more,
as he makes pancakes for her every Friday.
I had to cheer up Fairy quickly.
So I thought of a plan.
Fairy loves painting and drawing.
So I got out all the make and do stuff,
and asked Fairy to join me.
Fairy!
Oh Fairy!
(SIGHS)
Fairy! Come on Fairy,
let's do some painting.
(FAIRY MAKES SAD NOISES)
Come on.
You love to draw.
'I don't feel like drawing', Fairy said.
Aw Fairy, you always feel like drawing.
Hmm.
How about if we draw a picture for Jay? We could post it to him.
(FAIRY MAKES HAPPY NOISES)
Jay would love a picture from you.
He could look at it everyday in case he's missing us too.
That's a great idea Fairy.
you could draw a picture of Jay on holidays,
and I'll paint a self portrait.
A picture of myself.
(FAIRY GIGGLES)
'This is going to be the best picture ever!' said Fairy.
I want Jay to know how much we miss him.
Fairy painted a great picture of Jay in all his swimming gear.
Togs, goggles, snorkel, the lot.
This is a great picture Fairy.
You know what would make it really magical?
Glitter!
Instead of picking up a bottle of glitter,
I picked up a bottle of Fairy's magic fairy dust by mistake,
and didn't see the tiny writing on the bottle.
Oh. (FAIRY MAKES EXCITED NOISES)
Once the fairy dust hit the paper,
it turned Jay from a cool looking surfer dude,
into a funny looking swimmer on the beach.
Jay was confused.
He decided to go fishing instead.
Do ya like my picture?
(FAIRY MAKES EXCITED NOISES)
Do you think it looks like me?
Now all it needs is...
That's right Fairy, glitter!
I did it again.
I took the bottle of magic Fairy dust,
and sprinkled it all over my self portrait and Fairy's picture of Jay.
So I went off to get my bike to cycle into town
and post the card to Jay.
I popped my head in the front door, to say cheerio to Fairy,
when I spotted her looking at the bottles of glitter.
Right Fairy,
I'm off to post your card to Jay.
You OK here?
Fairy!
Oh my. (FAIRY GIGGLES)
Are you playing a trick on me Fairy?
I didn't even notice you casting a spell on me.
'I didn't cast a spell on you' said Fairy.
'I think you did Niamh' she said.
Me?
Cast a spell?
But I don't even know any spells.
Fairy said, 'Look at the glitter bottle.'
'Fairy magic dust,'
'be very careful.'
'For Fairy use only.'
(GASPS)
Oh no Fairy!
I must have mixed up your magic fairy dust with my glitter bottle!
So if I'm in Jay's clothes,
then he must be in my clothes. (LAUGHS)
(FAIRY GIGGLES)
Oh he must look so funny.
So Fairy told me once the fairy dust hit the paper,
the people in the pictures would swap clothes.
Fairy told me I would have to help with the spell,
as it was me who cast it by mistake.
'Ok,' I said, 'let's try it.'
So I just repeat what you say?
Fairy dust and glitter
have made a really big mess,
swap Jay back
out of Niamh's dress.
So the spell worked.
I got my dress back,
and Jay was back in his fishing gear.
Jay sent us a post card which says,
'He is enjoying his holidays and will be home one of the days.'
So I better start tidying up this mess.
See you soon.
Jay: Hi! I'm home!
Ugh.
Subtitling RTE 2019.