Bluebell Hill.

I hear bells so softly ringing,
happy voices are sweetly singing.
This all took place on Bluebell Hill,
I must say it gives me a thrill.

Fairies are ringing the bluebells,
the singing is done by the bees.
My nose is tickled by delicious smells,
I am thrilled by all that I see.


Spectators are arriving fast,
birds, squirrels and the shy deer.
I join in the dance at last,
My head is beginning to feel queer.

Bluebell Hill is a magic place,
but for only once in a year,
Dancing is done at a terrific pace,
how glad I am to be here.

If you go to Bluebell Hill,
sit quietly under the trees,
You too might get a thrill,
from the fairies and the bees.

Rabbits and Hares.

Many years ago when the fairies first came to this world from outer space, there were millions of rabbits and hares living in the thickly wooded countries of Europe. Fairies as you all know are responsible for all of the colours on this earth. Fairies paint the flowers, the trees, bushes, even the sky, and the clouds.

Fairies are hard working little people that speak their own language when they are with each other. When other people are around, they speak the language of those that are near to them for example, In England fairies speak English, and In Wales they speak Welsh. Among themselves, all fairies speak the old language that they brought with them from a planet, which lies in the area that scientists and astronomers call Andromeda.

One year all the work that the fairies did was undone by the hares and rabbits, hares and rabbits normally eat grass but this time they ate all of the flowers and what was worse they dug up the plants and flowers to eat the roots. As quick as they could the fairies replanted and coloured the flowers and plants but It was of no use the hares and rabbits dug up and ate the roots and the stems and also the flowers even quicker.

The Fairy Queen in those far off days was a pretty woman but not very wise she always needed someone to help her. Even for simple things, she needed help. On this occasion when the fairies complained to the Fairy Queen her very first thought was to get Mother Nature to help her, after all Mother Nature was a very wise lady and always knew what to do if something went wrong. The Queen called to Mother Nature for help, Mother Nature saw what the rabbits, hares had done, and she was very angry. “I will have to kill off all of the rabbits and the hares there are far too many of them running around and the damage they are doing Is terrible,” she said.

On hearing, what Mother Nature had said the fairies were very unhappy, some even started to cry. “Why are you all so unhappy and why are some of you crying? If I get rid of all of the rabbits and hares you will be able work without them damaging your lovely plants and flowers.” The Fairy Queen asked Mother Nature Is It necessary to get rid of all of the rabbits and hares. Mother nature smiled and winked at the fairy queen. “Let us hear what the fairies have to say about my doing such a terrible thing as to killing off all of these furry little creatures.”

One of the smaller fairies that had heard what Mother Nature had said opened her small little mouth and asked Mother Nature to rethink about killing off all of the lovely little bunny rabbits especially the very young ones that were so cuddly and cute. Mother Nature said, “ There shall be a show of hands all the fairies that want the rabbits to be done away with are to raise their right hands.” There was not a single hand raised. “Well what shall I do asked Mother Nature?” One little fairy called out, “why not plant some things that the rabbits and hares really like, something that grows Into the ground and also something that grows above the ground all rabbits and hares seem to like certain roots others like the leaves of some of the plants. Let us try to grow something just for the hares and rabbits.” Show me what the rabbits and hares like the most,” said Mother Nature. Some of the fairies went away and came back with a reddish looking root the others came back with the leaves of a plant that spread out well when it grew. “These are what the rabbits and hares like the most,” one of them said.

Mother nature smiled at the fairies and said, “so be it these roots shall grow big and one or two will satisfy the hunger of the rabbits and hares. We will call this root a carrot that will make it apart from all other roots. This plant we will call a lettuce that will also help to feed them when they are hungry.” On hearing these words, the fairies started to cheer Mother Nature, who is a very wise person. Now you all know how the first carrots and lettuces came to be. If it was not for the hares and rabbits destroying the hard work of the fairies, there would never have been any need to grow something extra to feed them with and we poor humans would never have had carrots for our dinners or lettuces for the salads that we all like so much.

Fairy Grace.

I am back now in her Royal Majesties grace,

We met and she smiled at my most anxious face.

The fairies can all come to my old house,

To play all they want with my family mouse.

They know that they must not stop the time,

I can now write all of my poems in rhyme.

For my newly decorated house she is full of praise,

In my bed of clover the unicorn may now graze.

And you know instead of the elderberries,

I now have a tree filled with ripe cherries.

My flowers are still painted red, white and blue.

All of the fairy folk have remained to me true.

Leprechauns, trolls, pixies and the elves,

All may play hide and seek on my bookshelves.

My house is clean and looks like new,

To celebrate I have cooked some Irish stew.

Elderberry wine is now ripening in my old house,

The very first bottle is for my little family mouse.

Soon it will be time for the fairies annual ball.

There will be food, drink, and presents for all.

I too can invite the lovely winged horse,

The fairies I will teach the code Morse.

All is now well in my funny old house.

With the fairies, me, and my family mouse.

No one will mess around and stop the time,

In my distillery we will drink whisky and lime.

You are all invited please come if you will,

Nothing will be said if you your drinks do spill.

My little old house is open to you all,

Especially on the night of the fairies ball.

Witches Revenge.

The smell was terrible. A disgusting smell that irritated the nose and yes made my mind go as soggy as bread soaked in water. I could not accept that this smell was normal; it was a vile penetrating smell that robbed one of one’s senses. It seemed to be filling the whole of the valley. I immediately thought that someone or something is up to no good. The smell was coming from the northeast I knew who was responsible it was the Witch that had tried to magic the crows away from the London Zoo. I thought that she had possibly found a cure for her Lumbago.

I went to the woods and warned the Fairies to be on their guard and to warn the rest of Fairyland while I went back to keep my eye on the Witch. I placed myself close to her cottage and took my binoculars from their case and concentrated on the Witches home. To be more correct I was looking through her window with my infrared binoculars or as one would say modern spyglasses I saw the Witch threw some more leaves and dried roots and even a dried Lizard into the cauldron she had boiling away, on a tripod fixed over a brightly burning fire. The smell got more intense; I was pleased that I had warned the Little Folks in Fairyland, who knows what mischief this evil old woman, was brewing up for the Little Folks.

Soon I was joined by a Leprechaun he had two small pieces of soft wood in his nose and gave me two of the same and told me to push it up my nose it would stop us from breathing in the stinking smell from the old Witch’s Cauldron, which was now pouring out vile vapours from her open door and window. It was getting very thick like a sea mist coming in over the coast in late autumn. The smell was unbelievable and I was Pleased that the Leprechaun had brought me the filters for my nose.

Her Majesty Queen Feeanna, Queen of all the Fairies, joined us she came quietly without any fuss. The Leprechaun gave Her Majesty two of the filters for her nose. The Queen Feeanna was disgusted with the smell from the cottage she had such a delicate sense of smell that she could smell the evil brew even through the filters. All we could do was wait and see what the smell was going to do was it just the smell or had the evil Witch concocted a new illness that would harm all the Fairies and Little folk. Would it affect the wild animals many of whom we had seen running away from this smell. A horde of rabbits had disappeared into their burrows and I could imagine them digging even deeper to get away from this terrible old woman’s evil smelling brew.

While we were waiting to see what would happen next, a Robin flew and landed on the Fairy Queens shoulder. “ Your Majesty some of the small Fairies are very ill this smell is making them sick” “The wise old Fairies are looking after the infants but none of the herbs seem to be working.” “The wise ones are mixing different lotions and potions but they are very worried and concerned about the smaller Fairies.” The Queen I could see was now very angry and wondered what she would do to punish the old Witch. I did not have to wait long. The Queen Feeanna raised her wand and spoke in the old language.

I expected the old Witches cottage would fall down, or that the Queen would turn her into a toad or something like that. Suddenly from out of the window came a small cloud of white smoke the black stinking smell was suddenly gone. Queen Feeanna told me to watch the white cloud. I saw that all the black evil smelling smoke was being absorbed by the small white cloud. The Queen looked satisfied and said,” She made the smoke with the horrid smell that was making my infant Fairies ill now she will wander with that cloud till the end of time and she will smell her own misdeeds till then. The white cloud now was very grey and the black smoke with the smell was gone. If ever you see a large grey cloud in the sky you will know that the Witch is serving her punishment and will do so for a long, long time.

Mushroom Book.

It was a small hotel, comfortable enough, the bed was extra large and I slept well until sometime in the early hours of the morning. What woke me? I do not know my eyes were open and my body was soaked in perspiration. My heart was racing and I switched on the room lights. Nothing was out of place so why was I bathed in perspiration and my heart thumping in my chest? I must have had a bad dream was my first thought but I could not recall any dream or dreams that I may have had during the period that I slept.

Getting out of bed I went to the bathroom and had a warm shower. Putting on fresh clothing I decided to finish reading the very old book that I had brought with me. The book is about mushrooms and other fungi that grow in the fields and woods of Great Britain. I had been meaning to read the book for some time but had not gotten round to doing so. I knew most of the mushrooms and toadstools and was concentrating on the poisonous varieties.

I could not finish the book so I packed my overnight bag and went down to the breakfast room. Taking a seat at a small table I waited until the waitress came to take my order.  Eggs, bacon, sausages, and mushrooms with a pot of coffee and some bread and butter. I ate a very large breakfast, as I would be travelling home by train and the journey was a couple of hundred miles. There was no restaurant car on the train and I asked the waitress to bring me four sandwiches for my journey.

I boarded the train and had a compartment to myself. I read the daily newspaper and after a while I took out my very old book on mushrooms meaning to finish it. I suddenly had this terrible feeling that I had during the night. My heart was racing and the sweat ran down my face. I was frightened but why? It was just an ordinary train there was no one in the compartment. I pulled myself together and turned my eyes to my book the feeling was with me again but I somehow shook it off and managed to read the fine print and the pictures were of excellent quality I had plenty to look at and learn.

I slowly came to the end of the book and was really annoyed the last two pages were stuck together. I had no means of prying them apart so decided to wait until I reached home. The feeling was still with me as left the station and made my way towards my home. Opening the front door with my key I placed my overnight bag on the hall table and went in to the kitchen it was time for something to eat and a hot cup of sweet tea. I quickly prepared a meal and a pot of tea and soon my hunger and thirst were gone. I decided to get the mushroom book from my overnight bag to open the two sealed pages at the end of the book.

Switching on the lights in the hall I took the book from my bag and made my way back to the kitchen. I looked very closely at the two pages that were stuck together and then decided to use a pair of sharp scissors to part the two pages by cutting the outer edges. The feeling was now something like unbearable. what is it? I asked that is causing me so much fear. I was at the specialists last week and he gave me a good checking over. My heart and lungs are in good order so why the attack of breathlessness. What was I afraid of surely not the book on mushrooms it looked so innocent laying on my table.

I carefully cut the outer edges of the two stuck together pages. As I finished there was a large flash a peel of what sounded like thunder and right in the middle of my kitchen was a Wizard. Dressed all in black with a large pointed hat on his head. I must say that now my heart was really pounding and I was breathlessly watching the Wizard. The Wizard spoke saying in a loud voice, you have one wish open for freeing me from that book.

Although I was scared I thought very quickly and made my wish out loud- “Get back into that book and seal it as it was before I opened it.” “Get you gone.” The Wizard was furious as I with my wish banned him back into the book again. Cursing me the Wizard shrunk before my eyes and disappeared between the last two pages of the book on mushrooms. I took the book with me the next day and gave it to Her Majesty Queen Feeanna asking her to make sure that the Wizard would no more bother the peoples of this earth.

Her Majesty took out her magic mirror and placed the book on it then the pictures appeared. The Queens own Grandmother had placed the Wizard between the pages of the book on mushrooms because he had found the way to get into the secret caves under the Himalayan Mountains where all Fairies go during the winter months. The wizard had been in the book for two thousand years now the book is buried under some hundreds of tons of rock this Wizard would never see the light of day again.

Granny And The Fairies.

My Granny came to visit me in my old house,

She got on very well with my family mouse.

Granny saw my fairies straight away,

She loves to watch them as they play.

Granny is still a very young person in heart,

Fairies in her life have always played a part.

She sometimes sees Angels hovering over Peoples heads,

especially if they are ill or sick and lying in hospital beds.

Guardian Angels she tells me are everywhere,

It is their duty for the lonely people to care.

When Granny first saw the Fairy Queen,

A lovelier person she had never seen.

The two of them spoke together all of the day,

I myself you know; I was just in their way.

The Fairy Queen invited Granny to the Fairy Ball,

You must really come and bring your friends all.

Granny has promise that she will come again soon,

She will help the Fairies when they clean the moon.

I have told you before that fairies clean the stars,

Fireflies accompany them in little glass jars.

I know my Granny would like to meet you all,

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