By Sharika Nair
Bumblebee noticed the luminous ivory of a portal and floated down from his perch on a leafy oak as Council fairy Tinkerbell and her retinue teleported smoothly onto the forest glade.
“Bumblebee, I bear good news. The Queen wants you to join the Human Rights Committee. Your interspecies peace activism is getting recognized.” Tinkerbell beamed.
“At seventy, you’ll be the youngest Council fairy ever,” her assistant Wispywings added.
Swallowing all traces of anger from his voice, Bumblebee replied, “Respectfully, ma’am, I decline.”
“Why?” Tinkerbell asked, astonished.
“Because amongst thirty members of the Human Rights Committee, there isn’t a single human being!”
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