PAD Challenge explanatory

Fairy ABC’s

A is for acorn caps fairies wear upon their heads

To match their little dresses in purples, greens and reds

B is for butterflies with fairies in the sky

They look a lot like flowers soaring high

C is for colors yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green

                Fairies like bright colors that can be clearly seen

D is for dragonfly on which fairies like to ride

                Zipping along here to there and side to side

E is for evening when fairies come out to dance               

               Appearing as mere shadows at first glance

F is for ferns fairies like to use for beds

                Along with mossy pillows to lay their little heads

G is for glimmer fairies who live in the sea or turn gardens bright

                They may play the piccolo or send out rainbow light

H is for honeycake fairies like to eat

                Like you and me they like to taste foods that are sweet

I is for invisible when fairies don’t want to be seen

                They like to live in a person’s house if they keep it clean

J is for jonquil that make good fairy skirts

                And boy fairies use red roses to make pretty shirts

K is for King of Everything who makes all things good

                The hills the lakes, the sky, the streams, the wood

L is for lightning bug to light the fairies’ paths

                As they scamper to the streams to take their bedtime baths

M is for magic, when fairies need a disguise

                They may take on shapes as leaves or appear as dragonflies

N is for natural foods fairies eat for their health

                Saffron, pears and mallow fruit add to fairies’ wealth

O is for outdoors where fairies like to play

                They like to sing and dance about, that is the fairy’s way

P is for pixie dust to make things fly

                Happy thoughts will send them way up high

Q is for queen who rules the fairy land

                She’s kind, beautiful and grand

R is for rosemary one of their favorite flowers

                Delicate with fragrant fairy powers

S is for saffron fairies use as a spice

                It makes all the foods they like taste extra nice

T is for tulips for where fairies’ babies sleep

                They cuddle in the silky folds and do not make a peep

U is for underground where some fairies make their home

                In the evenings they go out to fly about and roam

V is for violins fairies play when they dance beneath the moon

                They skip and hop and leap about to a lively tune

W is for wands fairies use to make their magic flow

               To use their wands to do good deeds is what all fairies know       

X is for xylophone, an instrument fairies like to play

                They hang it around their little necks and plink soft songs all day

Y is for yard fairies like full of bright and cheery flowers

                They like to sit within their shade and wile away the hours

Z  is for zipping fast when hiding comes to mind

                That you see is why fairy folk are very hard to find