Lila was quiet for the whole meal. She slipped some peas and carrots into her pocket to take back to her fairy, and she ate all her chicken. She finished quickly and jumped out of her seat.
"Lila, wait," her mother said. "You have been quiet for the whole meal. It isn't like you. Is something bothering you?"
"No," Lila said. She tried to leave the table.
"Lila," her mother said. "Did you have fun with your brother?"
"Yes!" Lila said.
"What are you so excited about?" her mother asked.
"Um," Lila said. She didn't want to reveal the fairy to her mother yet. "I got... something new that I want to play with."
"What is it?" asked her mother.
Lila frowned. Why was her mother asking so many questions?
"A... toy," she faltered. "I found it... when I was playing with Isaac."
At the sound of his name, Isaac giggled.
"Can I see it?" Lila's mother asked.
Lila frowned harder. This was not going well. "I don't want you to see it yet," she said.
"Well, okay," her mother replied.
Just then, Isaac began crying. "Are you hungry?" asked his mother. She took the baby into the living room to feed him.
"Thank you, Isaac," whispered Lila. Maybe having a brother wasn't so bad after all.
Lila ran into her room and shut the door. She looked into the dollhouse and saw Ada on a miniature couch. Ada looked up at Lila.
"Hello, Ada," Lila said. "I brought you some food."
Ada smiled. Lila took the peas and carrots out of her pocket and set them on the little table in the dollhouse. Ada flew into the room the table was in and sat on a little chair. She began eating hungrily.
"Oh my, you are hungry!" Lila cried. "Don't worry, I'll bring you food every time I eat."
Ada made jingling bell sounds and looked happy.
Lila picked up the fairy with her hands. She noticed that the dress Ada was wearing looked more tattered and like it could fall apart any minute. She remembered that Tinker Bell had gotten new clothes in the movie. She would have to make some clothes for Ada later, but it was growing dark outside.
Lila noticed that the fairy's eyelids were drooping and she looked like she was yawning. Lila smiled. She put Ada on the bed in the dollhouse. Ada's wings drooped and she shut her eyes. Lila put the miniature quilt over the sleeping fairy and smiled. Ada was even more precious when she slept.
The door to Lila's room opened, and Lila hurried away from the dollhouse and leapt onto her bed. Lila's mother walked in, carrying Isaac.
"Good night, Lila," said her mother.
"Good night, Mother," Lila replied sleepily.
"Say goodnight to Isaac," her mother said.
"Good night, Isaac," Lila yawned.
Lila's mother tucked her in and kissed her on the forehead. Then she turned out the light and shut the door.
Lila shut her eyes. Her last thought before falling asleep was of her new fairy.