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In a sun-dappled forest clearing beneath a towering willow tree, Kate stands between the roots, eyes wide, hand hovering near the bark. Afternoon light filters through dancing emerald leaves that seem to whisper around her.
Kate, with hair of medium brown, entered the trees,\nA soft wind was stirring, carrying magical pleas.\n"Did you hear that?" she asked with wide-open eyes,\nThe trees whispered softly, sharing secrets and sighs.\nBranches danced gently above her bright head,\n"Come closer, dear Kate," the tall Willow said.\nLeaves shimmered with laughter, in emerald and jade,\nKate grinned in amazement, though a little afraid.\nShe followed the whispers, her heart all aglow.
On the mossy forest floor at midday, Kate kneels beside a red-capped mushroom cottage with tiny windows while the tiny woodsprite with sparkling wings hovers in its doorway. Sunbeams illuminate her delighted grin and the dew glinting on his wings.
A mushroom with windows appeared by her shoe,\nIt opened its door and out popped someone new!\n"Hello! I’m Willow Woodsprite," a tiny voice cried,\nWings sparkling with dew as he fluttered outside.\n"Will you help find my wand lost in bramble and vine?"\nKate nodded and said, "That adventure sounds fine!"\nThe wood filled with giggles, with magic in the air,\nAs they searched together, a wonderful pair.\nSunbeams guided the friends, showing the way.
In a shadowy glen of silver ferns, afternoon light catches a crystal wand lying on soft moss as Kate points at it, face glowing with discovery. The tiny woodsprite with sparkling wings twirls midair beside her, leaves applauding overhead.
Deep in the glen where the silver ferns grow,\nKate spotted a shimmer and started to glow.\n"Look over here!" she pointed in delight,\nThe wand sparkled bright in the afternoon light.\n"Thank you!" cried Willow with a flip and a twirl.\n"Now the forest feels safe for every boy and girl."\nThe trees clapped their leaves in a gentle hooray,\nAnd told Kate she was welcome to visit each day.\nThey all danced together beneath leafy skies.
At the sunlit forest path’s edge, Kate skips toward distant cottages, backpack bouncing, while the tiny woodsprite with sparkling wings circles above her in farewell. Golden rays stream through arching branches that sway like friends seeing her off.
"I’ll come back soon," Kate declared with a grin,\nAs Willow Woodsprite fluttered a circle within.\nThe forest waved branches and whispered, "Goodbye,"\nSunlight winked at Kate from high in the sky.\nWith a heart full of magic and friendship so warm,\nShe skipped toward home, past each tree and form.\nThe secrets of forests, the wonders she’d seen,\nWould always remain a bright, special dream.\nKate smiled, already planning her return.