When the morning sun really did begin to rise, sparkles of orange light twinkled in the ice. April and Nelly thought the ice was pretty, but they were sad because so many trees and shrubs had been bent or broken by the Ice Dragon. Fortunately, some lifted up again as the ice slowly melted away. April and Nelly looked forward to telling the other Garden Pixies about their adventure, but April worried that they might have trouble understanding about snow and ice. So she spent several days making little paintings for them to see when they came back to the garden in the spring. The Ice Dragon did not return that winter. The End. To see April's paintings and the scenes that inspired them, click on the "Next" button above or click here. Click on the images below to read the other Garden Pixie stories and to see a collection of beautiful flowers. © 2010, Jerry Jindrich. All rights reserved.