"Mom, is it true what Peter Pan said, that every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' one fairy dies?"
"Yes, that is true, my dear. So be careful with what you say."
"I will, I promise!"

"But, Mom... What if the last fairy dies?"
"Then this world will be a dark place, where you'll never hear a child's laughter and where even the sunshine will be cold and dangerous. Because then the world will be without magic."
"But that sounds horrible! Surely that will never happen?"
"I'm afraid it is quite possible. You know your classmates. Do you think they believe in fairies?"
"Oh... No, I think they just believe in computer games."
"See? Magic is already dying out. The only good thing is that almost no child even thinks about saying that they don't believe in fairies. There's no reason for them to do so."

"Mom, what if some evil person would bring children to say they don't believe in fairies? In a computer game, for example. Would that count?"
"You are very clever, Danny, to think of that. And I'm afraid a trick like that would count as well, because the children were still speaking the truth.“

„Now, don't look at me that way. Everything is not lost. ― Alright, I'll tell you a secret, but you must promise me that you will never tell anyone about it.“
„I promise. What is it, Mom?“
„Fairies can't really die."
"WHAT?!"
"Shh, be quiet, my love! Imagine the wrong people get to hear this... Listen to me. When a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' then a fairy will cease to exist in its present form. Instead, the fairy's powers will come to live inside a flower, until this flower is touched by loving hands."
"How is that done?"
"You know fairies like to live in flowers. When the body dies, the magic stays in the flower where the fairy had once resided. And when a person who believes in faries caresses that flower, the fairy will come to life again."
"So all I have to do is go and stroke flowers and the fairies will come back?"
"In principle yes, but keep in mind that there are people who don't want the fairies to live. Many adults don't accept magic in their world. Maybe they would find out about this secret if we started to obviously stroke every flower we see. Who knows what they would do to prevent that."
"Ok, then I'll be very careful and only do it from time to time."
"That is very wise of you, my son."
"Thank you, Mom. I'm so glad you shared this secret with me. We'll never let the fairies die out, won't we?"
"No, my dear, we won't."