"Giselda, the table is ready for your guests," Tamara announced. "It would be nicer with a cooler or some candles, but it looks very noble as is."
"Thank you so much for your help!" Giselda put the lid on the pot, then sighed. "I wish I had a bigger frying pan to make more caramel for the cookies. This kitchen still needs so many things to function properly."
"Shall I get you the small pan, then?"

A jingling noise came from the empty box on the floor as it bounced sharply.
"Giselda... This time I saw it too." Tamara looked down on the box. She had a pretty good idea what was going on. "Say, aren't we short on serving plates for the cookies too?"
"Err... yes, very." Giselda nodded, wondering about the question.

The box jingled and bounced again.
Tamara smiled wanly. "Well, then let's take a look at the bouncy box."

"But it's empty... oh!" Giselda's eyes widened when Tamara removed the lid from the box.
In the box were champagne coolers, a frying pan and a selection of trays and plates.
The wingling waved her arms. "It's a pan! It's a pan! This is a miracle!"
"I knew it." Tamara whispered and handed the pan to the little cook.

"Wow, these will be perfect for the cakes and cookies!" Giselda hummed happily as she tried her new pan. "A gift from the gods!"
"Weren't we lucky that these things showed up out of nowhere." Tamara was silently amused by Giselda's naivete.
The box jingled again and the lid hopped up and down like a rabbit on speed.
"What?!"

"Now this is just ridiculous," Tamara muttered when she opened the box. A silver fruit bowl and two glass candle holders were inside, complete with lit candles.
"Does she want to set the house on fire?!"
"Who?"
"Uh... I was just talking to myself, Giselda."
"Oooh, those are pretty candles! This Christmas thing is really nifty!"

"Alright, Giselda, I put the old fruitbowl and the spare cooler in the box and will take the things outside to our party table. Are you okay on your own?"
"Sure. You can help me with the cookies in the morning if you want."
"I'll be there. Good night, Giselda."
"Good night, Tamara!"

Libra stood in the bathroom and pressed her ear on the wall. "What, no more wishes? Okay, that should guarantee yummy food tomorrow. Good thing all their wishes were from the gift list!"

Eternia suddenly towered behind her. "Now look who sneaked in when I wasn't watching. Mind my asking what're you doing there, Libra? Are you eavesdropping?!"

"Waaah! Oh no, I'm busted!" Libra yelped and ran off.
"What a weird girl." Eternia grunted. "What was she doing here?"

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