Ada was very happy. She had found her talent, water! Her green eyes sparkled as she touched the water coming out of the faucet again.
Lila heard a knock at the door. "Lila, are you finished?" she heard her mother say.
"Yes, almost!" Lila exclaimed. She grabbed Ada and shoved her into her pocket. Then she opened the bathroom door and ran out.
Lila returned to her room and pulled Ada out of her pocket. "Sorry, fairy," she said. Ada smiled and shrugged, and a jingle bell sound escaped her mouth.
Now that Lila knew Ada's talent, she decided to get some new clothes for Ada. Lila opened a small plastic box that she kept her dolls and their clothes in. She took a blue shirt off one doll and a blue skirt off another. Then she shut the box.
"Ada, now that you have your talent, I am going to give you a new outfit," Lila said. Ada, who was sitting on the dollhouse couch, looked up, and her wings perked up. Lila picked Ada up and set her on the bed. Then Lila pulled the dandelion fluff dress off of Ada. It was coming apart before Lila had taken it off, and now it was totally apart.
Ada looked around again. She was standing on Lila's bed, and beside her was her dandelion fluff dress. It wasn't really a dress anymore, just a pile of dandelion fluff. Ada looked down. She hadn't noticed how smooth her skin was before.
Lila took the blue doll shirt. It was a t-shirt with Velcro in the back to fasten it. She took one of Ada's arms and put it through one sleeve. Then she took the other arm and put it through the other sleeve. She fastened the Velcro in the back, then realized Ada's wings had nowhere to go. They were squished between Ada's shirt and her back.
"Hold on, Ada," Lila said. She found a pencil and marked lines on Ada's shirt where her wings connected to her back. Then she took Ada's shirt off again and cut slits on the shirt where the lines were. She put it back on Ada and pulled her wings through the slits. "There," said Lila.
Ada fluttered her wings and smiled. Lila was happy.
Next, Lila took the doll skirt and slid it up over Ada's waist. It fit perfectly, and Ada grinned. She spun around, the long skirt flaring. Ada looked down at her new clothes and seemed very pleased with how they looked. The shirt was a lighter blue than the skirt, which was dark blue and hung down to her toes. It was a tight skirt, and it was wrinkled from being in the box for so long. Ada liked it.
Lila wasn't sure what to do about shoes. None of her dolls had shoes, and even if they did, they wouldn't have fit Ada. She decided Ada could just go barefoot.
Ada was very happy with her new clothes, and Lila liked how they looked. Ada fluttered over to the dollhouse and sat in a miniature chair. Then Lila heard her mother calling her for lunch.
