I am a big fan of Walt Disney's Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. I've even watched all movies and clips with these characters and I always marvel at how lovely they are even up to this day. Ever since, I believe they existed and were not just a product of Barrie's1 creative mind. Back then at our province, I had found hints of their existence. Located not so far from our house, there is this huge balete2 tree. My parents always reminded us not to come closer to this tree and scared us that there lived an invisible, tall, dark and ugly being who takes away all lost children making them his pets and delectable food.

         There was this time when my father, my brother and I went fishing near this tree. It's the best spot for fishing because of the deep and undisturbed river basin nestled right at its foot. I was scared to go there at first but father was with us so we followed him with aplomb. I couldn't believe how huge its roots were. They sprawled freely in to different direction. There were also roots dangling their way down from it twisted and tangled branches. This created a horrendous imagery in my youngest mind. I crawled my way closer to the water and started setting up my line. It was too quiet that I can only hear the sound of leaves and those dangling roots brushing each other every time the wind blows. I looked above and I saw small birds playing, cheerfully switching places and hopping over twigs and branches. After few moments, there was that leaf-like thing gyrated and twisted as it slowly fell down towards my location. At first I thought it was just a tiny piece of fallen dry leaf but it wasn't. It sparkled the moment it passed the tiny light sifted through thick clusters of leaves. I immediately rushed towards where it landed and to my surprise, it's a wing - a very tiny wing similar to that of a dragonfly. But that one was pointed. I had seen different types of dragonflies as we used to catch them to feed my spider pet3 and their wings have round edges. I brought the piece to my father and asked what kind of and whose wing was it. He only said it's a dragonfly wing and then scolded me to focus on my fishing. I threw the wing away and saw how it gyrated down to the running water below.

         I went back to my place and something took the bait.

         Well, that was just another childhood experience I had. Today's prompt made me remember my childhood curiosity and wondering. I had some other experiences which will somehow prove that fairies do exist. But that would be for another story. If they really existed and would co-exist with us, things would be a lot more different. We could fly with them or perhaps we might be living in a magical world. Thank you for reading this. Cheers!