In which I have an unexpected visitor

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Well, I didn't get very far when I met a new character. About paragraph 2. Takes my story in a whole new direction. Good thing I didn't do as much planning as I had intended.

Excerpt:
"I'm a Strewth Fairy."

"A Strewth Fairy?" Michael asked.

"A Strewth Fairy. When you strew sticks and things on the ground, we come around and make sure it looks nice." The Strewth Fairy looked at Michael's messy floor. "I can see you need me to come back later and rearrange the dirty laundry. Most people have no idea how to strew things on the ground. "