Fairies
Beginning of paper
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 look like cats, or birds, ....
Middle of paper
.... tall. Some have
special shapes. Example are mermaids and mermen, human above 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 ....
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