PAGE CONSOLATION 9 IF YOU MEET A FAIRY 11 FAIRY LORE 13 EVERY FAIRY HAS A STAR 15 THE FAIRY LOVER 17 THE FAIRY TAILOR 19 AT DAWN 22 THE GREEN LOCH 24 THE SKYLARK 26 IN BOND STREET 28 TIMOTHY 29 FAIRY LULLABY FOR A MORTAL 31 THE CANARY 33 RAINY MORNING 35 THIS IS THE WAY THE FAIRIES SING 37 THE FAIRY BALL 39 USEFUL HINTS 40 THE FAIRY FLUTE 41 THE APPLE-TREE 43 A STRANGE PAIR 44 THE WILLOW PRINCESSES 46 A VISITOR 47 THE LITTLE PRINCE 48 TEMPER 49 BEST 51 WHAT I SHALL BE 52 SOMETIMES 53 PREPARE! 55 A VOYAGE 56 A COMPLAINT 58 THE FAIRIES GIVE THANKS 60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE FAIRY FLUTE CONSOLATION You may be very ugly and freckledy and small And have a little stubby nose that’s not a nose at all; You may be bad at spelling and you may be worse at sums, You may have stupid fingers that your Nanna says are thumbs, And lots of things you look for you may never, never find, But if you love the fairies—you don’t mind. You may be rather frightened when you read of wolves and bears Or when you pass the cupboard-place beneath the attic stairs; You may not always like it when thunder makes a noise That seems so much, much bigger than little girls and boys; You may feel rather lonely when you waken in the night, But if the fairies love you—_it’s all right_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IF YOU MEET A FAIRY