Mary stared in shock as the fairy squeezed out of the vial, her small body slowly growing larger. Mary had purchased the box of vials on a lark, not really expecting them to work. But there was a real live fairy standing on the kitchen table right in front of her. What more proof did she need that magic really existed?
The fairy's growth stopped almost as quickly as it began. She stamped her tiny foot hard on the table.
"Oh, pooh! I thought you said this was supposed to make me grow!" said the fairy angrily.
"I think it did," said Mary as she grabbed a ruler from a kitchen drawer. "Just not as much as you hoped. How tall were you before?"
The fairy stood next to the ruler, stretching as tall as she could against it.
"Just an inch..."
"Well, you are two inches now. It looks like you doubled your height," said Mary. "The vials didn't come with a lot of instructions. But my guess is that each full dose of the 'Growth' vial will double your current height."
The fairy pouted. "A lot of good that does me. I am still too small. What a waste!"
"Maybe not. The instructions didn't explain everything, but they did provide some information. For example, it did say that if you do this...." said Mary as she placed the 'Growth' vial back in the box ".... the vial should refill."
The fairy watched with excitement as liquid magically appeared, filling the empty vial back to the top.
"Care for another experiment to prove my theory?" said Mary, wagging the full vial above the fairy.