Sleepyheads` world. Fairy-tale.

                                                                            Excerpt

       The world of Sleepyheads is situated next door to the world of people. Just not all people can see it. It is in a small box with the sequence number "17". And the box is stored in a magic room which contains different big worlds as well as tiny worlds. This magic room is located somewhere in a city on the planet Earth, just it is prohibited to say which city it is – so that both big and tiny worlds would not be disturbed and their inhabitants would live a quiet life.

        The magic room has its own rules. He who guards the peace and quiet of the room is always invisible. And he who watches the boxes to make sure there is nothing wrong with them, is visible, but he has no right to open the boxes. In fact no one is allowed to open the boxes if there is no need for it. But if there is such a need, then a magic girl or a magic boy can open one of the boxes.

       Just how shall one understand when the need appears? It is very simple. The need appears every time the board with the sequence number of a certain world lights up. If it happens, it means that this world needs help. It means that something is wrong with it and it has to be opened to find out what it is. And how shall one understand what kind of girl and what kind of boy should be considered magic? It is very simple. Boys and girls who believe that the magic room exists and keep it a secret, are truly magic.

       So, just today in the morning, in the magic room there lit up the board with the sequence number "17" on the violet box. The Keeper walked up to the box and read the inscription: "Sleepyheads". It meant that it was the World of Sleepyheads that needed help. The Keeper was about to go fetch the key when suddenly he noticed the writing on a paper sheet attached to the box. The writing read: "The key is lost".

       The loss of a world's key was a rare occasion. Just in case the Keeper went back to the board with the keys and looked at the hook number "17". The key was not there. Then he opened the telephone book of magic girls and boys on the "Special case" page. Only two girls and one boy were specified there. The Keeper phoned a girl called Mona, and when his call was answered, he said:

       -Hello, am I speaking with Mona?

       -Yes, - the girl answered.

       -Mona, the World of Sleepyheads needs your help.

       -All right. - the girl said. - Just yesterday I lost my tooth. Is it ok?

       -I think it shouldn’t be a problem. - the Keeper answered.

       After a little while a small pink cloud appeared in the north part of the World of Sleepyheads and started to slowly move southward. Its shape looked like a small heart. Finally the cloud stopped above the bed of a Sleepyhead, went down and wrapped the bed in pink haze. Because of this the white blanket and the pillow suddenly turned lilac, then a picture of flowers appeared on them... And at that moment someone sneezed in the cloud. It was a Sleepyhead called Makon. When he sneezed the cloud disappeared, and the Sleepyhead... woke up. Such an unusual thing happened in the World of Sleepyheads today in the morning.

One may ask, what was this cloud that woke the Sleepyhead up? It was a magic cloud which is sent in special cases to the worlds the key from which is lost. It is the Keeper himself that launched this cloud. And together with this cloud the world receives a magic girl or boy who can become invisible and shrink...

   
      © Ida Airis