The Existence of Fairies #ThreeDialogueStory

"I'm telling you, it was really there!"
"Well, you did break a bone. It's bound to hurt."

Mom points at my leg and pokes it. Since it's wrapped in a brace and bandages, it looks like I'm wearing a rain boot.
That's not what I'm trying to say.

"I'm telling you, it was really there!"
"The nemophila season is ending, so they're bound to wither and die."

Mom points at the flower garden visible from the window. The nemophila swaying in the wind are losing their vitality in places.
That's not what I'm trying to say either.

"No! It was really there!"
"What is it? What was there?"
"A fairy. A fairy was there."
"Was the fairy suffering from a fracture? Or had it lost its luster?"
"No! I'm saying it was there, but not that kind of 'there'."
"Could it be a heresy? A religion? When did you start believing in that?"

"Stop playing with words like 'there' or 'heresy'. It's confusing."
"What is it? What are you trying to say?"
"I mean, a fairy was... um. It existed. Believe me."
"What are you talking about? Fairies exist, don't they? Are you dreaming?"
"So believe me... wait, what? You knew fairies exist?"
"Of course I did."

Facing the flower garden, Mom began to speak with a narrative flair.

"I'll replant the garden with hydrangeas and make a request to the fairies for the rainy season. Since you're prone to falling when it rains, you need to get enough calcium so you don't break a bone."
"Why are you assuming I'm going to fall?"
"You'll be healed soon, right? I bought you rain boots because you'll be stepping in puddles. It should be just about the time your brace comes off."

Mom flicked my left leg, which wasn't broken, with her middle finger.
"That might have hurt."
"That's not true."
"Why won't you play along with my joke?"

I don't know if Mom really believes in fairies, but if she won't deny it, I think I'll keep believing too.
A fairy knocking from outside covers its mouth and giggles, "Ufufu."

I've participated!

■ Dialogue: "I'm telling you, it was really there!"

■ Three Topics
・Rain boots
・Nemophila
・Bone

Making rain boots in place of an old man, selling machine-gun talk on a stream, or increasing bone density.

Fairies are mysterious beings, aren't they?