Josie pulled her tea cup aside to avoid the deposit. “Let’s play Old Maid, Dad just taught me how yesterday- it’s really really fun-” “But we’re still entertaining our guests. Mr. Bear is aghast at your manners! We haven’t even had cake yet!” “They don’t eat. They’re just stuffed animals!” Josie unpackaged the playing cards from their box. “They’re inanimate!” “You are inanimate. Everybody eats. Especially Mr. Bearington. He loves honey.” Val crossed her arms. “Look how you’ve hurt their feelings.” Josie looked at the stuffed toys, staring blankly as they ever were.
A child slips through a portal into the land of the Fae and traverses the Otherworld with the help of a young elf, while her parents are left to deal with the changeling that was left in her place.
