A long time ago, before the magic creatures left this world, there was an extraordinary girl. She lived on a small wheat farm far outside the nearest town. Her name was Gloria. She had long dark brown hair that she wore in a braid. She had green eyes and freckles on her cheeks. She spent all day in the woods playing by herself. Everyday at suppertime her mother rang a bell to signal that it was time to come in. One day she wandered too far from home to hear the bell and got lost. She began to run wildly in search of home as it got dark. She soon could see nothing at all but a small flickering light. She walked towards it and found it to be a firefly. It flew steadily towards another firefly. Gloria followed and found what appeared to be thousands of fireflies in a small meadow. The glimmered and shone so brightly she forgot that she was lost. A soft tickle caught her attention and she found a very small firefly on her finger. She lifted her hand towards her face as another joined it. Then one alighted on her nose. More fireflies came to rest on her, wings buzzing until it seemed they surrounded her. She began to feel very scared. She looked down to see she was barely touching the tips of the grass with her toes. More and more fireflies gathered until she became so afraid she went out cold. The fireflies lifted her to a horizontal position. And carried her far away.
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