Tinker Bell: Secret of the Wings Junior Novel Read Free Page B

continued. “And that’s impossible. Your wings will freeze and…” He snapped a pencil he was holding in half. “Chapter sixteen,” he said, nodding to the book.
    â€œThe Winter Woods,” Tinker Bell whispered. She quickly thanked the fairy and started to fly home.
    I have to see the Keeper! she thought eagerly. Somehow, there has to be a way to cross the border safely. He’s the only one who can tell me why my wings sparkled!

A short while later, Tinker Bell was hard at work in her teapot home. Using thorn scissors, she snipped a thick green leaf into pieces. Nearby, two bugs turned a spinning wheel to make thread. Tink carefully stitched the pieces of the leaf together to make a warm winter coat. Then she started to make snow boots. She hammered and cobbled until they were just right. She even added her signature pom-poms to the toes. When she was done, she tucked fuzzy earmuffs and woolly gloves into her satchel, along with the Wingology book. She looked at herself in the mirror.
    Not bad! she thought. She was ready for winter!
    Smiling, she turned to fly off on her adventure…and fell flat on her face!
    â€œAgh!” Tinker Bell grunted. She’d forgotten that with her warm coat on, she couldn’t flap her wings.
    Luckily, with the plan she had in mind to get to the Winter Woods, something else would be doing the flying for her!

    Outside Tinkers’ Nook, Tinker Bell cautiously peeked out from behind a bunch of leaves. She saw Fairy Mary and the other fairies hard at work in the basket depot. Slipping her hood over her head, Tinker Bell quietly tiptoed into the workshop.
    â€œStand by with the pulley,” Fairy Mary was instructing the tinkers in a loud voice. “It’s this season’s final pickup, so let’s make it our best.”
    Tink hid behind a large bin and spied on her friends Clank and Bobble. They were testing out the basket they had just made.
    â€œOkay, Clanky!” Bobble shouted from inside the basket.
    Clank pulled down on a large lever, and the bottom of the basket opened up. Bobble fell through it and onto the ground with a loud thump!
    â€œSnowflake release system working!” Clank declared. He smiled proudly
    Bobble rubbed his head. “Maybe you should be the test snowflake for a while,” he mumbled.
    Without a sound, Tink pulled a small thorn grappling hook attached to a rope out of her satchel. Quickly, she tossed the hook toward the top of the basket. It caught hold. Pleased with herself, Tink began to climb up and into the basket. She was so close to getting a ride to the Winter Woods!
    â€œTink?” Clank suddenly called.
    Uh-oh, Tinker Bell thought. She’d been caught!
    â€œWe already checked that basket,” Bobble called up, confused. He thought Tinker Bell was helping them prepare for the final pickup.
    â€œR-right, uh…” Tinker Bell stammered as she slowly lowered herself back to the ground. She had to think fast.
    Clank looked Tink up and down curiously. “Why are you dressed all cozy?”
    Tinker Bell sighed. It was no use trying to lie to her friends. “I’m going to the Winter Woods,” she said.
    Clank and Bobble gasped.
    â€œThe Winter Woods!” Bobble cried.
    â€œShhh!” Tinker Bell looked around for Fairy Mary. Thankfully, the head tinker fairy was busy on the other side of the factory, counting the last batch of baskets.
    â€œThe Winter Woods?” Bobble whispered.
    Tinker Bell was about to explain when suddenly a loud horn sounded.
    â€œPlaces, everyone!” Fairy Mary called.
    â€œThe snowy owls!” Tinker Bell gasped, her heart beating fast. “They’re here!”
    â€œStart the pulley!” Fairy Mary ordered.
    The baskets that the tinker fairies had been making all day started to move along the rope up to the delivery tower. Tinker Bell didn’t have time to think. It was now or never.
    â€œBye,” she whispered to