FAIRIES, THEIR WORLD
BY: M. Courtney Bryant
FAIRIES OR FAERIES HAVE LIVED SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME IN A MYSTICAL, MAGICAL PLACE CLOSE TO THE EARTH. LEGENDS, BRIEF SIGHTING WITH FEW PICTURES, PORTRAY THEIR EXISTENCE IN ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD.
SOME CLAIM THAT FAIRIES ARE ONE OF THE SMALLEST OF ALL THE 'WEE' LITTLE PEOPLE. SOME 'WEE' PEOPLE ARE CALLED: ELVES, PIXIES, GROMES, SPRITES, NIXES, NOMES, DWARFS, OGRES, PIGMYS, NEMPTS, LEPRECHANS, BROWNIES, KELPIES, AND MINAHOONIES TO NAME A FEW.
IN THIS PLACE WHERE YOU AND I CAN RARELY SEE, A WHOLE OTHER WORLD EXISTS OF PEACE, HARMONY, AND A PASSION TO PRESERVE NATURE, AND ALL ITS CREATURES.
FAIRIES CAN SOMETIMES BE SEEN FLUTTERING AROUND, ABOVE AND BELOW, FLOWERS WITH THE BUTTERFLYS, HUMMING BIRDS, AND WITH MISTER AND LADY BUGS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN PLAIN VIEW, BUT WITH WINGS SIMILIAR TO BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, DRAGON FLYS, AND LEAVES, WE RARELY NOTICE THEM.
FLOWERS CATCH THE DEW AND RAIN DROPS FOR THE 'WEE' ONES TO CATCH A DRINK OR SWIM FROM. THEY CAN BE FOUND BETWEEN THE EARTH AND TOPS OF FLOWERS, PLAYING, LAUGHING, AND DOING SILLY THINGS WE, TOO, LOVE TO DO.
SPIDERS WEAVE WEBS AND SPIN THEIR SILK, ATTACHING TO BRANCHES AND FLOWERS FOR THE 'WEE' ONES AND FAIRIES TO SWING FROM. SOME WEBS ARE LARGE AND MASSIVE, HIGH UP IN TREES, OR LOW TO THE GROUND AS BARRIERS TO PROTECT ALL THE 'WEE' ONES AND FAIRIES 'CAUSE MOST ALL OTHERS ARE AFRAID OF SPIDERS.
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO STROLL THROUGH A FOREST OF TREES, UPON ENTERING, THE NOISES YOU HEARD BEFORE APPROACHING SUDDENLY TURNS TO SILENCE AS A FORM OF WARNING FOR ALL THE 'WEE' LITTLE PEOPLE TO HIDE AMONGST THE FLOWERS, AND TO HUG CLOSE TO TREE TRUNKS.
THIS PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING STEPPED ON BY 'US' POWERFUL AND CARELESS GIANTS. THAT'S WHY, AS YOU CONTINUE THE FOREST PATH, LEAVES RUSSLE, TWIGS BREAK, AS A FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL 'WEE' ONES, DANGEROUS STEPS ARE NEAR. THE SCARINESS OF THE FOREST, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, AND WHEN THE STORMS COME, HAVE A PURPOSE TO KEEP TRESPASSERS OUT. WEE ONES OFTEN VIEW US HUMANS AS CARELESS DESTROYERS.
FAIRIES AND THE WEE ONES ARE PROTECTORS OF THE LAND, ITS LANDSCAPING, AND ITS WILDLIFE. THEIR LAWS OF HARMONY, PREVENT THEM FROM TAKING MORE FROM THE EARTH THAN THEY CAN USE. FAIRIES AND WEE ONES HAVE APPEARED IN VISIONS, DREAMS, AND IN BRIEF SIGHTINGS TO ENLIGHTEN THE SOULS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP OR STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF NATURE AND WILDLIFE BEFORE ALL IS LOST.
FAIRIES AND THE OTHER 'WEE' ONES LOVE THE HOLLOWS OF FOREST TREES, AND CAVES WELL BELOW THE EARTH. THIS SHELTERS AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE COLD OF WINTER. THEIR BEDDING IS SOFT AND WARM FROM DISCARDED FEATHERS FROM THE NUMEROUS BIRDS THAT, TOO, FIND SHELTER IN THIS ENCHANTED LAND. LIGHTENING BUGS LIVE WITH THE 'WEE' ONES TOO, OFFERING LIGHT SIMILIAR TO OUR ELECTRICITY.
EACH OF THE 'WEE' LITTLE PEOPLE AND FAIRIES ARE DIFFERENT, IN ALL THE COLORS OF BUTTERFLIES, RAINBOWS, LEAVES AND THE EARTH. EACH, TOO, HAS A PURPOSE AND REASON FOR BEING, EVEN THOUGH AT TIMES, REASONS ARE UNCLEAR, YET THERE ARE ALWAYS REASONS AND WHYS.
IN SPRING, ALMOST EVERYONE IS BUSY SPREADING PLANT AND WILD FLOWER SEEDS. THIS OFFERS A BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND, BUT MORE IMPORTANT, THE FLOWERS ARE FOR THE BEES WHICH PRODUCE HONEY TO FEED THE 'WEE' ONES AND THEIR FOREST FRIENDS, WHICH INCLUDES BUTTERFLIES, HUMMING BIRDS, AND EVEN FIERCE BEARS TO NAME A FEW. WILD FRUIT AND BERRIES TOO ARE PLANTED.
LEPRECHAUNS, BEING SOMEWHAT FLASHY, ENJOY CREATING 'RAINBOWS' FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE AND AWE OVER. THEIR MAGICAL POWERS AND SECRETS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT FOR CENTURIES.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE CHASED RAINBOWS, TRYING TO FIND ITS ELUSIVE END AND POT OF GOLD. LEPRECHANS MOVE FAST. FASTER THAN WE CAN BLINK OUR EYES. THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T SEE THEM. WE KNOW THEY'RE AROUND BECAUSE WE SEE THEIR WORK...RAINBOWS.
LEGENDS SAY WE ARE SUPPOSE TO MAKE A WISH EACH TIME WE SEE A RAINBOW. WISHES ARE SUPPOSE TO COME TRUE IF WE TRULY BELIEVE. NEXT TIME YOU SEE A RAINBOW, YOU KNOW LEPRECHANS ARE BUSY AT WORK SPREADING THEIR MAGIC. MAKE A WISH. NOT ANY WISH, BUT A TRULY IMPORTANT ONE, AND MAY YOUR WISH COME TRUE. BELIEVE.
CONTINUE ON, AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF FAIRIES, AND WEE ONES. FROM TIME TO TIME, I WILL ADD MORE PICTURES.
MY QUEST WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE, AS THEY DO. TO FIND THEM. SOMETIMES, I THINK THEY HAVE FOUND ME, AS MANY A WISH I HAVE MADE HAVE COME TRUE.
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