Mayah watched Lulu go with the other animal fairies. She waited with her talent group.

"Now, sweet pea, that was amazin'!" Rosetta exclaimed. "A new fairy arrives every few months, but it still is amazin' to me!"

Mayah grinned. "I really thought that was cool!" she said. "I've never seen a new fairy be born before."

Rosetta nodded. "Now you aren't the newest. You should help out Lulu. I mean, get her acquainted to you an' the rest o' us garden fairies."

Mayah said, "That would be wonderful!"

"Maybe when a new garden fairy arrives, you can teach her all of the things we do," Rosetta remarked.

Mayah nodded and flew off. She soon saw the place where all of the animal fairies were. There was a strange scent to the air.

"Hi Mayah!" Fawn shouted. "Wanna join us? We're washing skunks!"

Mayah made a face. "No thanks!" she said.

Then Mayah flew to a distant tree to watch. Lulu didn't seem to be bothered by the skunk smell. In fact, her face was right under a skunk's tail!

It took a while, but soon all of the skunks were clean. Lulu spotted Mayah and flew to the tree Mayah was in. Mayah pinched her nose.

Lulu said, "Hi, I'm Lulu. What's your name?"

"Mayah," replied Mayah. "You can call me May. By the way, you don't smell too great."

Lulu giggled. "I know!" she said.

"Um, would you mind washing yourself? I could grow you a tomato," Mayah replied.

"Sure!" Lulu laughed. "You're a flower fairy, right?"

"Garden fairy," Mayah replied. "I think there's a tomato plant in the Spring Valley. Please don't come along. The other fairies won't appreciate the smell."

Lulu grinned. "I won't!" she shouted.

Mayah flew over to Spring Valley. She soon spotted a tomato plant. She placed her hands on it and made it grow to an impressive size. The Minister of Spring flew over to her.

"How do you fare?" he asked.

"I'm fine," Mayah said. "My friend Lulu smells like skunk, so I'm growing a tomato to wash her in."

The Minister of Spring nodded. Then, Mayah let out a shriek! Her tomato had grown to the size of a pumpkin!

"How do I carry this?" Mayah wondered.

Rosetta flew over. "All you need is pixie dust," she replied. Mayah reached into her bag of pixie dust for the day. She sprinkled a bit on the tomato, and it floated a few inches into the air. Mayah gave it a tap and it began to float lazily in the opposite direction. Then, Mayah grabbed hold of the stem and pulled it over to the Autumn Forest.

Soon, she spotted Lulu. Lulu's eyes grew huge when she saw the tomato.

"That's a huge tomato!" Lulu cried.

"I know!" Mayah said. "I grew it a bit big. But it will work!"

Lulu handed Mayah a sharp pebble, and Mayah cut open the tomato. Seeds and juice fell onto the ground. Lulu flew down and began washing herself. Several other smelly animal fairies flew over to the juice and washed themselves too.

Soon, Lulu was not stinky anymore. She was covered in tomato juice.

"Lulu, we should go to Havendish Stream!" Mayah yelled. "We'll get you washed off."

Lulu tried to fly. She couldn't.

"Help! My wings don't work!" Lulu cried.

Mayah giggled. "You can't fly when your wings are wet. We'll have to walk."

Mayah landed next to Lulu, and the friends walked over to Havendish Stream. Then, Lulu jumped in. She came back up coughing.

"Help!" screamed Lulu. "I can't swim!"

Mayah's eyes got big. She had forgotten how deep the stream was. Mayah couldn't swim either. Lulu went back under. Her wings were pulling her under.

Mayah began screaming for help. A water fairy flew over. It was Cera. Cera stepped onto the water and skated to the drowning fairy. She grabbed Lulu by the arms and pulled her out. Cera carried Lulu to shore.

Lulu coughed up lots of water. When she was done coughing, water streamed out her nose. Mayah patted her friend on the back until Lulu's breathing was normal.

Lulu stared at Mayah. "You saved my life!" she said.

Mayah smiled.

Then Lulu turned to Cera. "You saved my life too!" she cried. "Um, what is your name?"

"My name is Cera," Cera answered.

Lulu gave Mayah and Cera a huge hug. Then she looked over to the other side of the stream. Tomato-covered animal fairies were standing around. Water fairies were picking up water and pouring it over the animal fairies' heads.

Lulu gave a short laugh. "That could have ended up much less dangerous," she said.

"I hope you learned something!" Mayah said with fear in her voice.

"Yes," Lulu said. "Fairies can't swim."

Just then, Lulu spotted a dark shape in the water. A fairy shot out! Lulu gasped.

The fairy walked to shore.

"How can you swim?" Lulu asked incredulously.

"I don't have any wings," the fairy replied. "I'm Rani, a water fairy."

Then Rani turned around. Lulu and Mayah saw her bare back where wings used to be.

"You see, I had to cut off my wings to save Never Land," Rani continued. "It feels funny without wings, but I can swim because I don't have wings to drag me down."

Lulu nodded. She told Rani, "I almost drowned a few minutes ago."

Rani's eyes widened. "That sounds awful!"

Lulu nodded. She fluttered her wings. They had finally dried, so Lulu hovered in the air. She relaxed.

Mayah looked into Lulu's twinkling blue eyes. The fairy was smiling. Mayah could see that Lulu was much more comfortable in the air than on the ground. Mayah fluttered up beside Lulu.

Rani's face fell. Mayah realized that Rani could not hover in the air. Rani hopped into the water and swam away.