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were teeth as well. Rows and rows of them, all carved into different designs!
    â€˜Brilliant!’ said Shadow. ‘Yes, that’s it. I’m a tooth fairy.’
    â€˜You mean – one of those fairies who collect human teeth?’ squeaked Twink. ‘But I didn’t think they actually existed!’
    Shadow looked ready to explode with rage. She plonked the owl back on the shelf. ‘Oh, typical! You lot only know about woods and nature, don’t you? Well, we exist, all right! And we perform a very useful service, too. What would humans do with their old teeth, if it weren’t for us?’
    â€˜I . . . don’t know,’ said Twink, her thoughts spinning. Having lived with a human family once, she had been surprised to find that humans did have magic, though of a very different sort than her own. Perhaps tooth fairies were a part of this magic, too.
    â€˜Well, exactly,’ said Shadow, seeming a bit soothed. ‘Anyway, you’ve had your snoop now, so you can leave.’
    â€˜Oh,’ said Twink. There were still so many questions that she wanted to ask! But Shadow had taken her by the elbow, and was walking her firmly to the door.
    â€˜Wait a minute,’ said Twink. ‘Could you tell me why –’
    â€˜Goodbye,’ interrupted Shadow, shoving her out on to the ledge. Twink blinked in surprise as the door banged shut in her face.

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    Chapter Three
    â€˜Hey!’ called Twink, leaning against the door. ‘Do you think I could come back sometime?’
    â€˜What would you want to do that for?’ replied Shadow’s muffled voice. ‘Go away!’
    Twink hesitated for a moment, and then decided that she’d better do as Shadow asked. Slowly, she made her way back down the knothole ladder, and was soon gliding through the main part of the trunk.
    She shook her head in amazement as she flew past a cluster of chatting Third Years. Who would ever have imagined that tooth fairies were real – and that one of them lived at Glitterwings Academy!
    It would make an amazing report for her project . . . but of course she couldn’t write about it, realised Twink. It wouldn’t be fair to give Shadow away when she wasn’t doing any harm. Still, it was a shame. She’d have been certain to win a prize with such an original report!
    As Twink flitted into the library she spotted Bimi and Sooze hovering high overhead, looking at a book on one of the shelves near the ceiling. She flew up to join them.
    Bimi burst into giggles when she saw her. ‘Twink! What have you been doing? You’re as dirty as an earthworm!’
    Glancing down at herself, Twink saw that Bimi was right. Her bluebell dress was covered with smudges of dust from wriggling her way through the narrow passage.
    Sooze reached out and plucked a cobweb from Twink’s hair. ‘Very attractive,’ she laughed, dangling it in front of her. ‘Where have you been, anyway?’

    Taking a thistle comb from her petal bag, Twink quickly pulled it through her long pink hair. ‘Just wait until I tell you,’ she said as she tucked the comb away again. ‘And listen, you two – you’re never going to believe it!’
    â€˜I don’t believe it,’ said Sooze flatly. ‘A tooth fairy? She was having you on, Twink.’
    â€˜Sooze! She was not!’ protested Twink. The three of them were sitting at one of the mushroom tables in the corner of the library, with their wings spread for privacy.
    â€˜It does sound a bit funny, Twink, you have to admit,’ said Bimi. ‘If she’s really a tooth fairy, then what’s she doing here at Glitterwings?’
    â€˜I don’t know,’ admitted Twink. ‘She, um . . . threw me out before I could ask.’
    Bimi and Sooze glanced at each other, their eyebrows raised doubtfully. Twink felt a twinge of irritation. Though it was lovely that her two favourite fairies got along now, it