Lepidolite Lucy flaps her tiny purple wings with eager anticipation. Her turn today!

Door number ten is white with golden snowflakes that shine in the soft winter light.

As she opens it, yesterday’s golden dove reappears in the glade, perching on top of the fountain. Lucy pauses, then pulls the door wide.

A sleek snow quartz crystal confronts her, polished to a fine shine, an inner light dancing within. Lucy gasps in delight.

It slowly moves towards the door, growing in shape. Then it is airborne, points of a star growing from all sides until it looks like a perfect snowflake. It rises to high above the glade, and spins there.

Smaller snowflakes begin to fall from it: all different colours, a colour for each of the crystal fairies.

Excited, the fairies jump up and down then fly to catch their own colour. They are beautiful star-shaped crystals, the perfect early Christmas present.

The snow quartz then falls to the fountain, where it spins above the flowing waters as they bubble with different colours.

Slowly it rises again, then disappears over the trees. The golden dove follows it.

A few minutes later, real snow starts to fall.

The fairies squeal with festive merriment.