Gold And Riches.

Fairies are mainly seen in the woods at night.

accompanied by the fireflies own dim light.

They even may be seen in a village or town,

a real happy folk that never do frown.

Happiness and laughter on their sweet faces,

of sadness or anger there are no traces.

Silvery wings of transparent light,

carry them on their nightly flight.

Magic dust they strew all around,

after which bright flowers are found.

The creatures of the woods they know,

compassion to one and all they show.

They have a fairy King and Queen,

both of which are quite serene.

Humans they often give good advice,

which you know is very, very nice.

If a fairy should come your way,

listen carefully to what they say.

They might offer you wishes three,

think about it most carefully.

Do not wish for wealth and gold,

ask for good health be so bold.

For fairy wishes all come true,

being healthy is the best for you.

Do not be misled by fairy magic,

it can turn out to be very tragic.

Many a human has rued the day,

when a fairy has come their way.

Ask to be happy by all means,

for gold and riches are not all that it seems.

Fairy Twins.

Fairies flying way high up in the Trees,

Listening for messages carried on the breeze.

All are waiting for news from Fairylands heart.

Good news is expected hopes high from the start.

Her Majesty The Fairy Queen is expecting a child.

It is very exciting for all as the rumours run wild.

Some say that a new Prince will be born,

It has been a good year with plenty of corn.

A Princess is my own personal preference,

I will treat the new royal with high deference.

A large palace is being built with the finest of stone.

Where the Queen with her family will make her new home.

The Spiders are busy spinning shimmering threads.

Some will be for curtains others sheets for the beds.

Down from the Eider Ducks I will use for pillows,

Royal Thrones I will make with wood from the Willows.

I have been busy making a large four-poster bed.

The Fairies and I will paint it both crimson and red.

The news has come in on the breeze at last,

It spread all around Fairyland very, very fast.

Twins were born to the Queen late of the last night.

A Boy and a Girl much to all our great delight.

I have never seen such celebrations in Fairyland before.

All kinds of the little folk came knocking on my door.

The Trolls brought baby clothes of the purest silk.

The Pixies promised for three years to deliver the milk.

A party was held deep in Fairylands secret woods.

Toys came for the children among many other goods.

The Royal Queen with her children is now resting in my house.

Waited on by me and my large very large family mouse.

The two newborn babies are very beautiful to behold.

All my mice are very quiet they do not have to be told.

The new home in Fairyland will be finished early next week.

Leprechauns came and kissed the Royal babies on the cheek.

Her Royal Majesty the Queen is now feeling quite well.

To Guard her sweet babies she has cast a magic spell.

I have placed a dragon at each corner of the house,

To guard my home with the help of the family mouse.

A Royal Holiday for all the Fairies has been proclaimed.

For the Royal Babes Her Majesty is looking for names.

The Prince I think he will be called William John James.

For the Princess Her Majesty has not made up her mind.

Perhaps you could suggest a name would you be so kind.

This is the end of my story of the Queens Royal twins.

Writing to tell you about it was just one of my whims.

Baby Missing.

It had been a fairly busy night at the Fairy Maternity ward. Seven new Fairies had been born during the night, three boys and four girls. The wise old Fairy in charge had finished her night duty and handed over to the wise old Fairy that would be in charge during the day. Nothing unusual had happened during the night, the seven births were like most births of Fairies straight forward; just one baby did not know whether to unfold her little wings or not. It was important for the wise old Fairies to make sure that the baby wings were fully functional and that they opened and closed, as they should. Some baby’s wings tend to get stuck together during their birth. If this was seen to right away, later the babies would be able to fly when they reached the age of three or thereabouts.

During the day there was usually many visitors coming to see the small babies. The parents and relations not to mention the little folk that were just plain nosey and one old Leprechaun that had retired from work but took it upon himself to be unofficial guardian to all of the new born babies. It was from this Leprechaun that they received their first pair of baby shoes. The shoes were so delicate, so finely made and so soft that each child learned to walk within three months of being born.

Her Majesty Queen Feeana came once every month to visit the Maternity Ward. This was usually a day of celebration Her Majesty brought toys and new silken clothes for the babies. No Fairy baby has ever been seen to suck its thumb or to use a dummy. Baby bottles for feeding were boiled in a large pot. It was perfectly clean in the maternity ward the work of cleaning was done by the Bogies. The Bogies were just a little simple but good hearted and they would do anything for the new Fairy Babies.

The Bogies were also responsible for seeing that that the visitors did not stay too long or overtire the babies. Parents were allowed to visit their babies for two hours in the mornings and two hours in the afternoon, at all other times there was no visiting allowed. On this day there was an unusually large number of visitors, visiting the ward. Among these visitors there was a woman dressed as a Pixie. This Pixie was very interested in the baby girls. Each baby she picked up from out of its cot and pretended to make a fuss of it. She did this to all of the babies. The last baby she picked up interested her the most. Quick as a flash she disappeared with the newborn baby.

This Pixie was really a young Witch that wanted a baby Fairy to learn as many secrets from the child as she possibly could. The Witch thought that Fairy babies were born with all of their knowledge and magic she did not know that babies as soon as they could walk and talk were subjected to a four and a half year period of intensive learning. Everyone knows that babies and small children learn quicker and can retain their knowledge easier that someone that learns later on in life.

The baby’s cot that was empty was soon to be the showplace of a serious investigation. All were there the Fairy Queen, the wise old Fairies, the Leprechaun even the Bogies. No one had seen anything out of the usual. This was indeed a very serious matter, a baby missing from the maternity ward, nothing like this had ever happened before in Fairyland. Her Majesty took from her handbag a small mirror. This was the Famous Picture mirror. The Queen could see anything and everything that went on in this world. Very few of the little folk had ever seen this mirror but all knew of its existence. That is why the little people always told the truth when they were asked a question about something.

Her Majesty Feeana looked into the mirror and saw the Witch with the newborn baby. The Witch was trying to feed the baby with cow’s milk everybody knows that babies do not drink cow’s milk. Only the milk from a mother horse is good enough for Fairies that need all the extra nourishment that is in a Mare’s milk. The Queen waved her wand and the baby no worse for its being taken away was back in its own little cot. The Witch suddenly found herself nursing a small pig. She was so surprised that she dropped the pig that immediately ran off into the woods. A knock on her door surprised her even more.

There stood the old Leprechaun. “I have here a pair of shoes for you,” he said. “With these shoes you will be able to walk for miles without your feet hurting you.” The Witch took the shoes and tried them on they fitted perfectly. As soon as she had the shoes on her feet he laughed out loud. “You will never be able to take those shoes off again in all your life.” The shoes are magic and everywhere that you go these shoes will squeak and everybody will know you for what you are a Baby Stealer. You will no more be able to go into a maternity ward and steal a baby. Once a month the shoes will pinch your feet and you will not be able to walk. That is your punishment no one steals a Fairy baby and gets away with it.

More Rabbits.

In Fairyland The Rabbit population is getting out of hand.

why some of the Fairies want all of the Rabbits banned.

Food was the main problem Rabbits they ate such a lot,

this troubled the Fairies and put them all on the spot.

The wise old fairies were called in for some good advice,

the wise old fairies even considered feeding the Rabbits rice.

They found the solution with some fresh packets of seeds,

when fully grown the seeds turned out to be Swedes.

Now Rabbits love Swedes they even eat them raw,

this solved the Fairies problem that is for sure.

Swedes are vegetables that grow in the ground,

now Rutabaga or Swedes are everywhere to be found.

Rabbits have no known enemies in Fairyland its true,

but growing Swedes for the Rabbits is for the Fairies quite new.

Gnomes are the only ones in Fairyland that eat meat,

for them a nice fat Rabbit would be such a real treat.

I with the fairies help passed a very simple new law,

that Gnomes are not to eat rabbit meat any more.

All the Rabbits I called to a hurried meeting,

no more tasty flowers were for their eating.

My Family mouse told me that Rabbits like Cheddar cheese,

they would share their rations just for the rabbits to please.

The Furry Rabbits in Fairyland may now forever stay,

it would be such a great pity to send them all away.

Rabbits are cuddly and have such nice fur coats,

in Fairyland they even mix with the wild stoats.

Apart from lettuce, carrots and now Swedes,

small portions of cheese see to their needs.

Peace has returned to the Fairyland of today,

and not one furry Rabbit will be turned away.

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