Frazer Glazia

By Donna Young

Many people know Australia, but they dont know about Fraser Glazia, the land of dreams and magic. It is the last city of fairies.

But Frazer Glazia is under threat by the slothal quolls, paper wasps, and freshwater crocodiles, allies of Queen Lightning who still roams deep in the valleys of Northern Queensland and plots for her return.

The Opal Heart is the source of all power and magic needed to ensure the existence of the fairies. Join in the exciting, funny adventures of three little fairy children on their quest to move the Opal Heart to its new and safe home with the assistance of their elders and their goanna and doppelganger friends.

Along the way, in their fun-filled travels, they learn about animals, legends, and areas native or well-known to Australia. They also learn many wonderful facts and even remember how to deal with bullies and how to look after each other in a crisis. Theres never a dull moment between these two book covers. Come and enjoy the ride!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Sep 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781490710433

Donna Young

Donna Young, an incurable romantic, lives with her family in beautiful Northern California.

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Special Thank You

This book is dedicated to my three loves of my life – my children. Thank you for your inspiration and the joy we share every day. Also a very special thank you to my editor Lesley MacCulloch, who I would be lost without. To all of my family and friends who have taught me to love, live and that anything is possible …

Contents

Slimy Celebrations

Bliggle Home, Slothal Quoll

Doppelgänger

BFF—Best Friends Forever

Great Fairy Blizzards

Smelly Winged Bats

Mossman Gorge

Booger Bully

What Goes Around Comes Around

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Slimy Celebrations

Deep in the forest, the wind whistles as it weaves through the trees, leaves gently rustling in its wake. The bubbling creeks meander far below. The pinstripes of the sun’s rays dance along the ground. The smell of eucalyptus touches the air lightly, feeling its way further afield in the fresh ocean breeze.

There is nowhere in the world like Australia.

Many people know Australia, but they don’t know about Frazer Glazia, the land of dreams and magic. It is the last city of fairies.

Frazer Glazia existed long before Captain Cook arrived on the shores of Australia. It existed way back when the Aborigines ruled the land.

We are not sure where the fairies came from or how they came to be in Frazer Glazia, but the elders’ stories tell us they have been here for a very long time.

The little Frazer fairies live deep in the forest in the far north of Queensland. Some live in caves, and others, over the years, have moved into the hollows of the giant red cedar tree and the cathedral fig tree.

Singing—so sweet—echoes through the entrance of the Frazer Glazia cave. "I flutter, sing and dance, I wish, I wish, I wish. I can backflip and sing so beautifully, flip, sing and fliiiiipppp—"

Bang! Splat! Little Tahzia, nine years old and extremely clumsy, flies into a cluster of gilled fungi mushrooms, bounces back onto a slide of moss—Wheeeee—then skates down the winding surface of the rocks, trying to hold on to her wings so they don’t get damaged, squealing as eventually she splashes into a puddle of slime.

Slowly she sits up, hair tattered and party dress covered in slimy green moss. She raises her hand cautiously to find the Santa Claus flower she was holding is broken and missing all its wishing seeds. Oh no, Tahzia whispers with a sigh. I didn’t get time to make a wish. She tries her wings, opening them one at a time. Oh, thank goodness my wings are okay.

Giggles emerge from above as Bosco and Holly flutter over her. Wow! Can you do that again? says eleven-year-old Bosco cheekily. See? That’s what happens when you show off.

Yes, you’re such a show-off, sweet little five-year-old Holly sniggers.

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Tahzia flaps her hands and sighs again, looking down at her favourite party dress. I’m such a mess. I’m going to be in so much trouble.

Bosco and Holly flutter down next to her. Come on, sis, urges Bosco, trying not to laugh. Grab our hands, and we’ll help you.

They fly Tahzia over to the waterfall where the Ulysses butterflies play in the breeze and where sometimes you can see the platypuses playing with their young.

Bosco grabs a fallen gum nut from the ground and fills it with water to pour over Tahzia’s head and wings, while Holly tries to remove the slime from her hair with a small bottlebrush flower. In the distance, they can hear their mother, the queen of Frazer Glazia, calling out to them. With his tiny fingers, Bosco shreds off a few thin strips of bark from a paperbark tree and uses them to wipe Tahzia’s wings and dry her hair. Paperbark strips work well