“I am the Tree-Fairy and I am right here in the stump of this tree,” came the reply.
They all rushed over to the tree and, sure enough, there was the most beautiful creature they had ever seen. She was lying on her back and her wings were caught in the bark of the stump.
“Won’t you please help me to free my wings,” she begged.
“You must tell us how we can do it without tearing them,” said Sammy Woodchuck. “I fear that I am far too clumsy to touch them anyway.”
Uncle Whiskers looked at the lovely, delicate wings and said, “I can gnaw the bark away from them.”
“Please let me help you,” begged Winkle.
“And please let me help also,” begged Twinkle. “My teeth are as sharp as needles.”
“My bill is very sharp and while you gnaw, I will pick the bark away. I promise to be very careful,” said Billy Jay.
So they all set to work and the Tree-Fairy smiled upon them. Her smile was so full of love that each little animal felt his heart beat faster and was even more eager to free her wings quickly.
“It is perfectly wonderful that Pinkie Whiskers did not cut you in two when he chopped down the tree. We had no idea that you were in it,” said Uncle Whiskers.