Puzzle Description:

Fairy (godmother) and ferry (boat). This is a good fairy who will grant you a wish. But beware the water fairies!

#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 5, 2009 [SPOILER]

Bewre the Sirens of the ocean! One of my favorite songs from a favorite movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlyKA9O9LA

nice! I live in the land of ferries - Seattle! very cute! I love this series, btw.

Thanks, Faerie! I wasn't sure I got the image right. I remember just one - in Kechikan, Alaska. The airport is on an island, and you have to take a ferry to and from the city of Ketchikan, which is also an island.

Hey I finally got one without reading all the comments!! Woo hooo! :) Enjoyed it, thanks Teresa!

Quite lovely.

Excellent. Is the fairy holding a magic wand? Also, beware the water fairies (or the naiads, such as Lena, from Fablehaven) as they will pull you under the water.

Thanks, Geekess and BlackCat and Adam.

Yes, that's her magic wand. She looks a little crooked. I think I should have added one pixel on her back. Is it worth it to fix it?

What is Fablehaven?

It's a book. A fantasy series. For young adults. It's really good.

That sounds like something my son would like. Thanks.

The blue fairy reminds me of Pinocchio.

Well, it sure does! Pinocchio was my favorite book way back in my childhood days, before I ever saw the movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cHsPCAZlP4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLcR7T1isI

Fairy and Ferry sound nothing alike. Maybe bc I'm from New York and I talk with an accent...

Write the phonetic pronunciation for both words, Julie, the way you pronounce them. I say both words as FEHR-ee.

Very interesting, Julie. I'm trying to imagine how they would sound different.

I think it might just be you Julie. They sound the same to me and I'm also from NY.

Another lovely puzzle, Teresa! I especially like the way you did the water under the ferry.

Thanks, Sallie.

I enjoyed this one too! Thanks T!

I also very much like the way you did the water...running it into the frame.

I agree with #18. That was a nice touch.

That was originally unintended. But I noticed it while test solving it, and I thought, hmmm, I think I'll just leave it, I kinda like it that way. So there ya go. I should make mistakes more often. :-)

Fairy like Dairy and Ferry like Berry.

LOL!!! I (and probably many others) laugh because those 2 words for us are pronounced the same! How are they pronounced differently is what we want to know.

Ok... Fairy like Air... and Fehhhh ree

short e sound like EH like Rhianna's song You can stand under my umbrella ella ella eh eh that sound is in Ferry while they other is is AERee

Is fairy for you pronounced like FAY-ree?

One of my favorites of this series.
per #7-I like that she's a little crooked. I just thought she was an older fairy ;)
really like the water too.

Thanks, Telly. She is a fairy godmother, so I guess it fits that she looks like an older fairy. :-)

fairy pronunciation: \ˈfer-ē\
ferry pronunciation: \ˈfer-ē, ˈfe-rē\

Merriam- Webster Dict.

hmmm I'm not sure how to say all those numbers and symbols. :) Or else something was lost in my browser translation!

ROFL , it changed ! You can find it ...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairy
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferry

it's pronounced like carry and barry and larry and fairy and dairy all of those rhyme but

Ferry is like berry and merry they have an EH sound as the vowel

Never mind. It's not working, since in our minds, ALL of those words have the "eh" sound.

:-D

lol

like AYE REE like long vowel sound A

liek the letter A Fayree = fairy

F ehhh rreee = ferry

Mary and Merry.

Nobody says "MAY-ree" do they Jota?

But I understand now what you meant, Julie.

Marys born in May perhaps? ;-)

I wish one of you couldjust call my cell phone and I can tell you how us NY's pronounce it.

I fixed Jota's #27 so the pronounciation symbols come out right.

My partner grew up in NYC and she also insists that "Mary" and "merry" are pronounced differently. I'm a midwesterner and can't hear the difference.

Thanks Jan I look a little less crazy now.

Beautiful fairy! And yes fairy and ferry are the same unless you're pronouncing it furry or fury or firry or firey or feery.

Thanks, Fran.

this conversation made me laugh
i think they are pronounced the same and cant figure out any distinction
nice puzzle by the way

They rhyme to me, but I can totally see how someone could think they don't rhyme. If I think about the 'i' as I say "fairy", it sound different from "ferry". So I definitely can't take sides in the discussion, since, I can hear it both ways. :) Maybe it's cause I have an accent too.

...you say po-tay-to and i say po-tah-to...
darling puzzle. i really like this series.

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