Audun yelped as the ground opened beneath his feet. He spread his wings and was about to fly away when Mudine said, “And I’ll do this!” Smiling with glee, the old woman fluttered her fingers at his feet and said something Audun couldn’t quite hear. Vines erupted from the hole in the ground and wrapped themselves around Audun. “Go ahead and use your fire on those, dragon!” she shouted. “Those asbesta vines will never burn!”
The white dragon roared in surprise, jerking at his trapped feet and flapping his wings. Suddenly the door to the cottage burst open and a fourth white-haired lady stepped out, blinking at the sunshine. “What’s this racket about?” she demanded. “I thought you were going to let me take a nap.”
Taking a deep breath, Audun exhaled onto the vines, which immediately turned a sickly shade of yellow and shriveled. Free again, he rose into the air and cupped his wings so he could stay in place. He would have flown away if he hadn’t recognized the woman who had just stepped outside as the witch he had come to see. It was plain that she recognized him at the same time, because her eyes grew wide in surprise.
“What are you doing here?” she asked. “I never thought I’d see you again.”
“I’m looking for Millie,” said Audun. “Do you know where I might find her?”
“Why?” the witch asked, sounding suspicious.
“Because I love her,” he replied. “I don’t want to live without her.”
BOOKS BY E. D. BAKER
The Tales of the Frog Princess:
The Frog Princess
Dragon’s Breath
Once Upon a Curse
The Salamander Spell
The Dragon Princess
Dragon Kiss
Wings
Copyright © 2008 by E. D. Baker
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Baker, E. D.
Wings / by E. D. Baker. — 1st US. ed.
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Summary: When Tamisin finds out that she is half fairy, she decides to find out more
answers directly from the fairies themselves, including her mother, the fairy queen.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-193-0 • ISBN-10: 1-59990-193-5 (hardcover)
[1. Fairies—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.B17005Wi 2008 [Fic]—dc22 2007023553
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E. D. BAKER
made her international debut with The Frog Princess, which was a Book Sense Children’s Pick and in part inspired the hit Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. Since then she has written six other books in the series—Dragon’s Breath, Once Upon a Curse, No Place for Magic, The Salamander Spell, The Dragon Princess, and Dragon Kiss—as well as Wings: A Fairy Tale. A mother of three and grandmother of one, Ms. Baker lives in Maryland, where she and her family breed horses and provide a home for five cats; three dogs; three goats named Malcolm, Seth, and Ruben; and two ducks named Quackers and George.
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