Little Shea's Backyard Adventures (4)

"Sheng!!!!!!!!!!" a little voice came from behind, and Shea felt something hit him on the back! After the thing slammed against his back, it slid onto the ground. It was Ming Ming, who was flung from the squirrel, and landed against Shea's back.

Shea laughed as he saw Ming Ming sprawled on the ground at his feet!
"Are you hurt?" Shea asked.

Ming Ming rubbed one hand over his head, and groaned, "That squirrel! Could have given me a warning! It was going too fast!"

Shea stooped down, and picked Ming Ming up. He dusted the leaves and grass off the little fairy, and held him in the palm of his hand, and brought him close to his face.

"What are you looking at? Is my face dirty?" Ming Ming asked.

"No," said Shea.

"Well, are you ready for some fun?" Ming Ming asked.

"Yes! Yes!" Shea answered eagerly!

"First! We need to make you smaller!" Ming Ming muttered, and took out a feather from his pocket, and continued, "Ready?"

Shea nodded his head eagerly, wondering what Ming Ming was going to do.

Ming Ming put the feather close to Shea's face, and blew a puff of air.

Shea felt a strange sensation flow through his body, and then, felt himself shrinking! Suddenly, he was not holding Ming Ming any more, but was standing face to face with the little fairy on the ground. He had become as tiny as Ming Ming! Shea felt excited, but a little nervous about Mommy missing him. Ming Ming guessed Shea's thoughts, and said, "Don't worry! We would only be gone a few seconds - to your mom anyway!"

Shea did not understand exactly what Ming Ming meant, but trusted the little fairy to take care of everything. Ming Ming grabbed a leaf from the ground, which was as big as the rug in the living room, to the down-sized Shea, and stepped onto it. He motioned to Shea to do the same thing. Shea hopped onto the leaf, and heard Ming Ming saying, "Hold on tight!"

The leaf jerked, and floated upwards, and up, and up, like an airplane! Shea sat down and held onto the sides of the leaf, and looked down at his yard in amazement! His house was getting smaller, and smaller, as the leaf soared higher, and higher, and further from his house! Shea saw Ming Ming's pigtail blowing in the wind, and felt his own hair flying backwards.

"Where are we going?" shouted Shea.

"Around," shouted back Ming Ming, "you'll see!"

Shea looked down, and felt a little queasy. His neighbors' houses were so tiny. The cars on the roads looked like ants! He saw some familiar buildings. He could recognise the grocery store to which his mom and dad always took him. It looked different from way up there. They drifted further, and Shea got really excited as they flew near the high school in the neighborhood. Shea's daddy worked there. As they flew over the tennis courts at the high school, Shea asked Ming Ming, "May we go closer to the ground, please?"

"Just a little closer," agreed Ming Ming, "but remember, we can't let the grown-ups see us!"

Shea's dad was a tennis coach at the high school, and Shea wanted to see if Daddy was out on the courts.
The leaf floated lower, and Shea saw some kids playing tennis on the courts. There! There was his dad on the courts with his players! Shea could hardly contain himself, and wanted to yell out loud so much! However, he knew better, and just waved to his daddy, even though he knew Daddy would not see him.