A fairy must possess wings, for those wings are the source of her power, as all the magic is in them. Our Adalina wasn’t an ordinary fairy. She didn’t possess wings, but more than that, she was a princess, the daughter of the great Queen of Fairies. Because she was very small like a flower, life was just a chain of problems for her. She wasn’t only unable to fly, but also didn’t possess any magical powers, as the fantastic magic came from the two delicate crystal wings.
Therefore, from an early age, Adalina relied on the help of others in many things. She grew up thanking people and smiling at everyone until she became friends with them. Therefore, it was natural that all creatures in the forest were happy to help her. But when she reached the age when she should become a queen, many fairies argued that she could be a good queen with this inability.
They debated the matter and protested to the point that Adalina had to agree to undergo a test for her. She had to demonstrate to everyone the wonders she could perform. Unfortunately, the small fairy became extremely sad. What could she do? She had no magic at all, and it wasn’t even within her power to travel far with those small legs.
But while Adalina was sitting on a stone beside the river, trying to think of something that might surprise the other fairies, the news of the test was spreading among the friendly animals of the forest. After a while, hundreds of creatures were beside her, ready to help her with everything she faced. Adalina said to them: “Thank you very much, oh small friends. I feel great goodness because you are beside me.”
She said that with the most beautiful smile, then completed her speech, saying: “But I don’t know if you will be able to help me.” They answered naturally: “We will do everything you want.” The squirrel asked her: “Tell us what you will do to surprise the other fairies?” Adalina said in a calm tone: “Wow, if I can only do this.”
“I would like to catch the first ray of the sun’s rays before it touches the ground and keep it in a drop of dew so it can be used when needed as a lamp for all who live in the forest. Or I would like to draw a rainbow in the night sky, under the light of the bright moon so that night creatures can see its beauty. But I don’t have any magic or any wings to keep it in the sky.”
They said to her: “Well, you must have special magic in yourself. Stay in a high place, then look.” When Adalina was telling her friends her best wishes, a wave of magic covered her. They were all flying in the air and making a magical rainbow. They didn’t capture only one ray of the sun’s rays, but hundreds of rays in drops of water filling the sky with wonderful lamps.
Throughout the day and night, one could see squirrels, mice, frogs, birds, and fish jumping through the sky, filled with light and colors, in scenes that had never been seen before and that filled the forest dwellers with much happiness. Adalina had become a queen of fairies after it was time for her to become a queen. After a short period of time, the young queen realized she was the first among the great fairies.
She is the one whose magic wasn’t found in her wings, but in all her true friends who loved and helped her since she was small. She realized that true magic is in helping every needy and helping everyone to live in freedom and happiness. Thus Adalina ruled her queendom with love and cooperation and spread happiness everywhere.
Translated from: Adalina, fairy without wings