Fairies

Part I of Essay
are magical creatures, usually very much like human beings. But they can do many things that humans cannot do. Most can make themselves invisible. Many can travel in an instant anywhere they want to go, even very great distances. Some can change their shapes; they might l ....

Part II of Essay
.... the waist but with the lower part of their bodies like fish. They live in an underwater world of splendor. Beautiful mermaids often lure sailors to their destruction, or cause shipwrecks. The Scandinavians believed in a river spirit that looked like a man above the water and like a horse below. Most fairies live in fairyland, where some strange things are ALWAYS happening. They live together ruled by a king and queen, whose names are Oberon and Titania. Some people think that the ruler of Fairyland is Queen Mab. Not all fairies li ....