The Candy Princess and the Wise Fairy

Brylie was no ordinary princess. For one, she loved candy more than anything else in the world. She would spend hours in her room, counting her candies and arranging them by color into little piles. One day, as she was enjoying a particularly sticky piece of taffy, she heard a rustling noise outside her window. She looked out and saw a tiny, delicate fairy hovering in mid-air. "Hello there," said the fairy. "My name is Malia and I've come to grant you a wish." Brylie's eyes widened with excitement. She had heard of magical creatures before, but she had never actually seen one. "What can I wish for?" she asked. "You can wish for anything you want," said Malia. "But be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it." Brylie thought for a moment. She had always wanted more candy, but that seemed too easy. "I know what I want," she said finally. "I wish that every time I eat candy, I'll get smarter!" Malia nodded her head. "As you wish," she said before disappearing in a puff of sparkles. Brylie was elated. She ran out of her room and told everyone in the castle about her wish. Her parents were pleased, but a little skeptical. "Just be careful not to eat too much candy," they warned her. As the days went by, Brylie ate candy like never before. She stuffed her mouth full of lollipops, toffee, and chocolate bars. And to her surprise, she felt herself getting smarter. She started reading books about science and history, and even started learning a new language. But then something strange happened. Brylie's teeth started to hurt. She visited the royal dentist, who shook his head gravely. "I'm sorry, Princess," he said. "Your teeth have rotted so much that they need to be pulled out." Brylie was devastated. She loved candy too much to give it up, but she didn't want to lose her teeth. And then she remembered Malia’s warning. "Don't be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it." Brylie realized that she had been so focused on getting smarter that she had forgotten to take care of herself. From that day on, she started taking better care of her teeth, brushing them twice a day and avoiding any candy that was too sticky or sugary. And even though she didn't get to keep all her teeth, Brylie learned an important lesson: that sometimes, what we think we want isn't always the best thing for us. And that maybe, just maybe, Malia the fairy was right all along.