Ava and the Missing Rainbow

Ava and the Missing Rainbow

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Ava and the Missing Rainbow

starring Ava

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   In Rainbow Kingdom, Ava loved mornings best. She skipped through the rainbow meadow, saying hello to buttercups, clouds and sleepy unicorns. Her favourite patch was purple—plummy, twinkly, perfectly purple.

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   At home in a round cloud cottage, Ava shared her berry toast with Rabbit. Rabbit nibbled politely. Ava giggled. “A little for you, a little for me,” she sang. “Sharing makes room for glee!”

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   Then—whoosh! The rainbow outside blinked, fizzed, and vanished. Every meadow turned silvery-grey. Even the cloud bridges looked like plain old porridge.

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   A small purple feather floated down: plink! It belonged to Owl, the wise keeper of colours. “The Rainbow Bell has gone quiet,” hooted Owl. “Will you help us find its colour-song, Ava?”

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   “Of course,” said Ava kindly. She packed two apple slices, three biscuits and one purple ribbon. Rabbit packed a carrot, which was very sensible, though rather crunchy. Off they went: step, skip, share!

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   At the first cloud bridge, a family of tiny raindrops sniffled. They had no blue to splash in their puddles. Ava found a blue bead beneath a stone—and shared it between them all.

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   The bead chimed, “Plink-plonk-blue!” A blue stream curled across the sky. But ahead, the Golden Orchard was dull. Its apples would not shine, and the unicorns were too gloomy to prance.

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   “Perhaps they need sunshine shared,” said Owl. Ava spotted a sunbeam caught in a spider’s silken web. Carefully, carefully, she freed it without tearing a single thread.

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   Ava gave the sunbeam to the smallest unicorn first. The unicorn glowed gold, then shared the glow with every tree. Pop! Pop! Pop! Golden apples sparkled all over the orchard.

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    Beyond the orchard lay Whispering Woods. The leaves had forgotten green. They rustled, “Mine, mine, mine,” and clutched every last green speck away from one another.

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    Ava placed her apple slices on a stump. “One for you, one for you, one for you,” she said. Rabbit shared carrot crumbs. Soon the leaves copied them, passing green from branch to branch.

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    Green rushed through the woods—swish, swash, SHIMMER! At the hilltop stood the Rainbow Bell. It was enormous, quiet and colourless. Beneath it waited all the kingdom, hoping.

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    Owl whispered, “The bell needs every colour together.” Ava held out blue, gold and green. “Not mine,” she said. “Ours.” Everyone added what they had: red berries, orange poppies, purple starlight.

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    Ava rang the bell with her purple ribbon. BONG! Colour streamed over cloud bridges, meadows and rooftops. The rainbow returned, brighter because everybody had helped make it.

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    That evening, Ava was home with Rabbit and two pieces of berry toast. “A little for you, a little for me,” she sang. Outside, the rainbow winked. Even toast seemed to taste more colourful.