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“Uh, can you open the other packets before I cut my finger off?”
His smile disappeared as he frowned. “You nearly cut your finger?”
“No.”
“Oh. Good.”
“I did cut it. Look.” She held her finger out without thought. Shoot, he didn’t want to look at her tiny scratch.
Well . . . it was possible it could get infected. Crazier things had happened, right?
But instead of dismissing her scratch as nothing, he took careful hold of her hand.
“Poor baby, you shouldn’t be using a knife without me. You could really hurt yourself.”
“I did really hurt myself.” She added a small whimper for good luck.
“Oh, Sugar Pie. I don’t like to see you hurting. Let’s see what we can do about it.”
Happiness danced inside her at his attention.
“Let me get my magical medicine bag.” He searched through his bag. “Ahh, where is it? No. No. Here it is.” He drew out a big wand. It had a glittery star at one end and different colored ribbons were tied along the handle, forming a kind of rainbow as they fell down.
“A magical wand. What does it do?” She gave it an awed look.
“It heals Littles boo-boos, of course. And it also protects them from getting hurt again. Like magical bubble wrap.”
“That’s clever,” she whispered.
“The thing is . . . I seem to be all tapped out of magic for the moment.”
“Oh no.” She wasn’t going to get any of the magical wand’s healing power? That was so sad.
“Hmm.” He tapped his chin with his finger. “But you have magical power, don’t you?”
“Me? Nope.” She glanced down at herself to see if she’d suddenly gained some. Was she sparkling?
Nope. Still just boring old Greer.
He looked her over. “I can see it even if you can’t. Here, I want you to try using the wand. Wave it around.”
She moved it through the air. “Nothing is happening.”
“Try again. And this time, you have to say the magic words. And believe in them.”
“What are the magic words?”
“Whatever comes to you . . . it’s your magic,” he told her.
“Okay.” She scrunched up her nose.
Believe in the magic. Feel the magic.
She actually did feel something moving through her, starting low in her tummy.
But maybe she just needed to pee.
Her fingertips tingled.
