Week 4: Chapter 5: The Sea Fairies

This story sets the scene with the wet cold weather of December which also works because it keeps the setting more ominous , allowing the pretend fairy land of the little girls to seem that much brighter. The house in which the story took place was very easy to picture myself inside of thanks to the authors descriptive words like the "heavy curtains" in the living room, and the "high ceilings of a room smelling like wax and pine". As you read the story inside the story of the sea fairies and how they are escaping the evil "Zog" it is easy to imagine the little girls running around playing the game. My daughter does similar games with her friends. Knowing the mother of the girls passes away makes it hard to finish the story. I do enjoy stories where everything ends hunky dory.It was a good story, just not one to read when you  are pregnant and hormonal!