All the Way to Fairyland: Fairy Stories

All the Way to Fairyland - Fairy Stories by Evelyn Sharp.

I. THE COUNTRY CALLED NONAMIA

II. WHY THE WYMPS CRIED

III. THE STORY OF HONEY AND SUNNY

IV. THE LITTLE PRINCESS AND THE POET

V. THE WONDERFUL TOYMAKER

VI. THE PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL JOKES

VII. THE DOLL THAT CAME STRAIGHT FROM FAIRYLAND

VIII. THOSE WYMPS AGAIN!

The wymps and the fairies have never been able to agree. Nobody quite knows why, though the Fairy Queen, who is the wisest person in the whole world, was once heard to say that jealousy had something to do with it. The fairies say, however, that they would never dream of being jealous of people who live at the back of the sun and do not know manners; while the wymps say it would be absurd to be jealous of any one who lives at the front of the sun and cannot take a joke. All the same, the Fairy Queen is always right, so somebody must certainly be jealous of somebody; and it is well known that if the wymps and the fairies are invited to the same party, it is sure to end in a quarrel. It is really a wonder that the Fairy Queen has not lost patience with the wymps long ago; but people say that she has more affection for her naughty little subjects at the back of the sun than any one would imagine; and the Fairy Queen is so wonderful that it is quite possible to believe this.