In Search of the Fairy. Book 1. Bulldog and Magic Perfume

By Elena Kryuchkova and Olga Kryuchkova

Excerpts from the book:
...“Let magic not exist! I still like fairy stories! With them, my life seems brighter...” she thought.
Suddenly the girl’s thoughts were interrupted: right in the middle of the road she saw something... Of course, it was not a fairy or a unicorn! Upon closer inspection, the white, wet lump turned out to be a dog. It was a charming white bulldog with huge sad eyes. A bright green collar was visible on the wet dog’s neck. The bulldog looked so sad and unhappy that Tanya’s heart trembled.
“Poor thing,” the girl said, “you must be lost. You have a collar. But where is your owner?”
Tanya looked around, but didn’t see anyone. The park was empty. Only she and the sad bulldog stood opposite each other on the sidewalk in the rain. The dog whined sadly.
“My parents strictly do not allow me to bring animals home from the street. But you're clearly lost. I will try to return you to your owner. Come with me! At home, I'll check your collar. Surely, your owner’s phone number is written on it! Is not it?”
The bulldog whined pitifully again. Tanya sincerely sympathized with the dog that she was ready to cry.
The dog seemed to understand every word the girl said. She calmly walked next to Tanya, staying as close to her as possible to hide from the cold rain under a wide umbrella.
Soon, the girl and the dog reached the house. Tanya opened the door with her key — her parents were always at work at that time. The girl took off her wet jacket and opened her umbrella to dry it.
Tanya looked at the bulldog, modestly sitting on the rug near the front door. The dog seemed to understand: she shouldn’t walk around the apartment with dirty paws.
“Let’s go to the bathroom! I will wash you with warm water, because you are cold and may get sick.”
The dog understood every word and obediently followed the girl to the bathroom. Soon, the bulldog, thoroughly washed with soap, dried with a hairdryer and wiped with an old towel, was sitting in the kitchen. By the way, during the washing process, Tanya found out that this bulldog was a girl. Having dried off, the dog with great pleasure ate from a ceramic plate the finely chopped pieces of boiled meat that were left over from yesterday's dinner.
“Eat! Enjoy your meal!” Tanya encouraged her ‘pet’. “Now I’ll pour fresh water into your bowl, and then I’ll examine your collar! I will definitely find your owner! I'm sure your owner's phone number is written on the collar!”
When the dog got drunk and full, something unusual happened.
“Thank you, kind girl, for helping me!” the bulldog said to Tanya in a human voice. “I'm actually a fairy, my name is Emerald! But the dark fairy Tenebris stole the magic diamond, which contained my power, and then turned me into a dog! Tenebris hates bulldogs! And so she turned me into this form and left me! I wandered around an unfamiliar city for a long time, got caught in the rain, got wet, cold, hungry and very weak! I couldn’t even speak... But you helped me, kind girl! Let me know your name.”
While the bulldog, the enchanted fairy Emerald, spoke, Tanya’s expression gradually changed. At first her eyes widened in surprise. But it didn't last long, and her expression turned skeptical. When Emerald finished her monologue, Tanya smiled widely and said:
“Hello, fairy Emerald! My name is Tanya! And I would like to welcome the respected hosts of the TV show ‘Shooting a Hidden Camera’. I've heard about this TV show many times. If they are showing me live on TV now, I want to say ‘hello’ to my mom, dad, grandparents, friends from school and teachers! And of course, I want to greet my childhood friend Petya, with whom we see every summer, when I come for the summer holidays to a small but very cozy town, to visit my grandparents!”
The dog looked at Tanya with round, surprised eyes...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Elena Kryuchkova
• Release date: Dec 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005262785

Elena Kryuchkova

Elena Kryuchkova started her creative path in 2012. She writes in different genres, such as: esotericism, fantasy, Slavic fantasy, sci-fi, dystopia, post-apocalyptic and others. Has several graphic works. A number of her novels were co-authored with Olga Kryuchkova.She is inspired by various fantasy and science fiction.Loves cats and draws.

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In Search of the Fairy.

Book 1. Bulldog and Magic Perfume

Elena Kryuchkova, Olga Kryuchkova

In Search of the Fairy. Book 1. Bulldog and Magic Perfume

Written By Elena Kryuchkova, Olga Kryuchkova

Copyright © 2021 Elena Kryuchkova, Olga Kryuchkova

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Cover Design © 2021 Elena Kryuchkova

Elena Kryuchkova

Olga Kryuchkova

In Search of the Fairy

Chapter 1. Meeting an Amazing Bulldog! Or: Will I be Able to Grow up for a While?

Chapter 2. The Secret of Actress Inna. Or: Will I be Able to Take Part in the Filming of the Film?

Book 1. Bulldog and Magic Perfume

This story is fiction and fantasy. And any similarity to real people or events are coincidental.

This story is completely fiction.

Chapter 1. Meeting an Amazing Bulldog! Or: Will I be Able to Grow up for a While?

How do magical stories begin? These could be the words: Once upon a time, in a certain kingdom... Or it could be the words: Once upon a time in a certain country there was a King and a Queen...

But this story doesn't start like that. More precisely, it is difficult to say when exactly it began. This story could have started in different ways. Maybe from the moment when the main character, the girl, accidentally met a white bulldog? Or when the main character was born? Or from the moment when her future parents met? Either way, this story has to start somewhere. Therefore, this story begins at first glance simply.

In one big city there lived a girl named Tanya. She lived with her mother and father in a high-rise apartment building located near a picturesque park. The girl’s mother worked as a programmer, and her father worked as a translator.

Tanya studied in the sixth grade. She recently turned twelve years old, and she was the most ordinary girl, of which there are a great many in the world. But everyone knows that ordinary girls are not ordinary at all. And every girl is special in her own way. So Tanya had one feature that no one knew about yet. But our story will get to the description of this moment a little later.

As a child, Tanya loved to read fairy tales about fairies and magical creatures. She dreamed of getting into the magical world and becoming a sorceress. But the more Tanya grew up, the more she realized that magic does not exist. And the beautiful fairies, princesses and unicorns from her favorite stories are beautiful fiction.

With sadness in her soul, Tanya realized that she would live an unremarkable life, filled with banal everyday events. She understood perfectly well that if you get into a wardrobe, you won’t go through it and end up in the magical land of Narnia, described by a British writer named Clive Staples Lewis. She understood that if she rushed after a white rabbit on a forest walk, the animal would simply turn out to be an inhabitant of the local fauna, and not at all a resident of Wonderland (described by another English writer named Lewis Carroll).

The girl regretted that the postal owl from the magic academy would not fly to her, and she would have to attend a simple school. Tanya regretted that she would never be able to ride a unicorn, and at best, she would take a horse ride outside the city. And even more so, she will not become a seeker of magical artifacts or a creator of wonderful potions! And after graduating from school, she will go to study at