7 Wisp was the first to climb the rope He took a very deep breath held the rope tight and fluttered his little wings as fast as he could Am I there yet he asked Let’s just say you have a lot more to go Norm said Wisp fluttered his wings harder He
took a deeper breath He pushed higher Am I close Wisp called down Keep going Wisp Norm said You’re doing great You’ve got this Wisp Oliver cheered You can do it Hazel called up Wisp was getting tired He was running out of breath He was fluttering his wings as fast and as hard as he could
Don’t give up he said through gritted teeth And then suddenly he was at the top of the rope He’d done it He’d flown higher than he ever had before Stop right there Norm hollered up Wisp climbed onto the platform and stopped It’s very windy up here he called down He was glad he was blindfolded He’d never been this high up not even with wings He was not like the other fairies His one smaller wing kept him very close to the ground It’s so windy that it sounds like something is hissing Wisp called down Something was indeed hissing And it was not the wind
MEANWHILE Barnaby’s balloon floated just above the far side of the wall out of sight of the Creature Campers but close enough that he could leap out to help Wisp before the rare red-billed flying porcupinesnake swallowed the fairy whole The long spiky feathered snake reared up wings back red-billed mouth open wide and struck Barnaby grabbed Wisp and pulled him out of the way just in time The porcupinesnake’s teeth crunched into the space where Wisp had just been grabbing nothing but air Wow Wisp called down The wind is blowing me all over the place
