My fairy adventures

I once knew a boy called Humpty Dumpty who liked living life on the edge. Humpty wasn't very smart unfortunately and was always getting himself into scrapes. His parents were always worrying about poor Humpty wondering whether he would come home without any broken bones. One day Humpty climbed up on a big brick wall. Everyone who passed begged him to come down, thinking he would fall off and hurt himself. Humpty laughed at their pleas. He stood up on the wall and walked along further and further, higher and higher off the ground. Suddenly, there was a loud bang,...

Bethan was a 9 year old explorer, an adventurer who loved life. She had travelled from the wilds of giant country to the land of the forever young princess. Of course these were places she'd made up with her friends but they were real locations that could be seen from the back gate of her house so her mother could keep an eye on her. Bethan had many adventures much further away, at the zoo and at the fair where she visited with her family. She and her best friend had once climbed an entire mountain with the school and...

Today is World Book Day in the United Kingdom. It is celebrated every year on the first Thursday in March. When I was a smaller fairy, I loved listening to the children reading stories with their parents. When they grew up and began reading books by themselves I would borrow their books when they were not using them and read all the fabulous stories. I do hope that when they have children of their own they will read their favourite stories with them so that the magic of reading books continues. A book is a really special thing. Imagination powers...

Hurrah, pantomime season is upon us. If you are not from Britain, you may not know what the Great British tradition of pantomime is about and to be honest friends, I would struggle to explain this quirky form of entertainment if you asked me about it. But these comic shows are usually based on fairy stories and folktales and that is something fairies know very well. One of the famous pantomimes is 'Dick Whittington and his cat' and it is a story close to my heart as my own relative Bow Bells, was the very fairy who met Dick Whittington...

It's getting much colder now, here in my little town in Wales. There are many signs that Winter is on its way, which reminds me of a story I was once told. This is the tale of an imp called Jack Frost...   Jack Frost was a naughty imp, Who didn’t like the cold, This time of year when Winter’s near, His temper would unfold, Jack would wail and howl each night, Rustling through the trees, He’d pull off leaves and break off twigs, Cast them in the breeze, Jack would paint the green fields white, Leaving paint all over...