The next day started out normally. Lila, as usual, went out to look for fairies. It was a lovely summer day, and Lila was wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
"Fairies!" she called. "Please come here!"
Then she stopped. She realized that the fairies would probably be hiding from her. She decided to be quiet. As she spotted a tree a little bit away, she held her breath. She sneaked over to the tree, tiptoeing so she wouldn't be heard. She climbed its branches as quietl as possible and peeked in to the middle. What she saw made her almost fall out of the tree!
Fairies! Hundreds of them! They were all bustling around, not noticing the human girl. She quickly reached a hand in and grabbed one. The fairy she had grabbed began to make jingling sounds.
The fairies turned to look at the caught fairy.
"Help! That human who's always snooping around has got me!" cried the helpless fairy.
Panic overcame the fairy camp. Hundreds of fairies flew out. The one Lila had caught bit Lila's hand hard. She let go and shook her hand. "Ouch!" she cried. She tried to grab another one, but they were all too fast. They were all gone in the next moment.
"I had one!" Lila cried in frustration. Her eyes fell upon tiny leaf bags the fairies had left behind in their panic. She scooped them up with a hand. Carefully, she slid them into her pocket and climbed out of the tree. Once on the ground, she pulled one bag out of her pocket and opened it. Her eyes widened when she saw what was inside. Pixie dust!