Page 6 - Up Up and Away

It took no time at all for Twinkle to float high

over Ucluelet. She gave one big wave to her parents, and

then looked ahead across the Vancouver Ranges. Soon

she was floating above the blue water of the Strait of

Georgia. Oh my goodness, there was an orca down

there. She was so curious, that she dipped down close to

it. Whale sounds are very mysterious and musical. But

she heard odd words, in his strange deep voice:

You will go as high as I go deep.

In the forest, lakes, and mountains, you will sleep.

This is true: your face will be blue.

Twinkle saw the Coast Mountains in the distance,

and thought that she would indeed have to go very high,
hoping her face would not be blue with cold. As she

floated over Vancouver, she remembered Mirabel's Nana
and Opa, Aunt Trudel, and Uncle Andre. Maybe she

would visit them one day with Mirabel.

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