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Miri and the Gardener

By Dr.Claude Gagné

The sun shines on the magic forest. It also shines on a giant

oak tree, many centuries old. It’s in this tree that Miri’s family

lives. Miri is a young Fairy, she’s very small, barely a few

centimeters(A couple of inches) like all the fairies of her race.

Miri loves that tree with the many cavities sculpted

with art and dedication. But with the respect for the survival

of the living tree, of course.

The problem is that poor Miri is suffering from a

mysterious illness. The magician healer was very upset. He

had never encountered any such sickness before. He searched

the memory books left by previous magician-healers to no

avail unfortunately.

The little fairy, courageously continued to believe, in

spite of her suffering, that she would heal. Winter was long

for little Miri who, from her bed entertained her friends. She

could not stand sorrow so she kept her morale up. With spring

came a hope, as fragile as the eggs in the nest.

The healer had discovered a cure. But it was the

powder that rests on the wings of butterflies. Hundreds

maybe even thousands of butterflies,would be needed to

harvest sufficient quantities for the medicine for Miri. Miri’s

father was at the inn with his friend. He was discussing the

problem of which no one seemed to know the solution. It was

a sad day for Miri’s father.

A stranger seated at a neighboring table, approached

them discreetly as the custom prescribes. He told Miri’s father;

”I think I can help heal your daughter”.

“Stranger, if you can accomplish that, I’ll give you everything

you want”

“I have no need for everything, all I need is work.”

“Are you a healer?”

“No a gardener, if you hire me I guarantee that your daughter

will be healed by the end of summer."

The honest tone and truthful gaze in the eyes of the gardener

convinced Miri’s father to give him a chance. He had nothing

to loose and Miri all to win...

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From her window, Miri looked at the gardener work, an old

man with the precise movements acquired along a lifetime

dedicated to the love of plants. The gardener planted lilac

trees in many shades. He even planted unknown plants,

bushes and flowers with strange, mysterious names that

brings visions of exotic places.

The old man told Miri that soon, he assured her, it

would translate into a symphony of colors and textures that

will perfume the air. He had such a pleasurable expression as

he said it, that Miri was certain “HE” could smell it already.

Miri observed as the young sprout escaped the soil, as the

tender green shoots grew. Soon flower buds appeared

followed by the most beautiful blooms.

The gossipers were having a good time. “Shameful,

he buys himself a garden while his daughter, poor girl, lay sick

and all. Shameful, I tell you.”

Then one warm day, attracted by the selected

flowers butterflies came, more and more of them kept coming

to invade the garden. The gardener installed a lawn chairs in

the clearing and installed Miri comfortably in it.

Miri received a shower of the powder falling from the wings of

the butterflies. The powder was of many colors shining in the

sun. The rays of the sun reflected in the fine powder.

The clearing was bathed in the light and in that light

Miri’s healing… In a week Miri was cured. Her delicate wings

shone brightly again. Her face had regained her healthy colors

and above all her smile was resplendent.

And this is how Miri got her name: “MIRI THE BUTTERFLY

FAIRY”

Copyright ©1998 By Dr. Claude Gagné To read more about Miri the Butterfly Fairy visit:

http://miri.topcities.com

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