Ella preened, ever so slightly at the praise, wanting to say that mummy used to say the same thing. Then she remembered how making mummy ill was all her fault and she didn't. Instead she nodded when Pansy asked her if that was all, tilting her head a bit at the bag.
'That's a magic bag,' she stated, because her pile of toys had been bigger than the bag and there was clothes in there too. She wanted to ask if she could bring big Dragon too, but even she could see that he'd be far too big to go on the broom, and he didn't seem to like flying outside the garden.
That's when she remembered and ran to her bedside table. 'I need my wand too,' she said holding it up and waiving it around to make sparkles.
'Do you think that if I waive it over mummy she'll get better?