A box of fairies

A box of fairies, I have here

with silk fine wings and spun gold hair;

from fairy land, far off, they came

and would you like to know their names?

There’s tinkling bell and twinkling toes;

“the fairy with the upturned nose”;

there’s one whose name is “Feet are big”

and one just called The Thingumajig.

There’s feverfew and thistledown;

and “fairy with the snow white crown”

“the fairy with one golden shoe”

and one called “Cock a doodle doo”.

They’re funny names, I must admit

but, fairy folk, perfectly fit

for Fairies are quite odd you see.

They’re not at all like you and me.

You say you’d like to look inside?

Oh, very well, but please take care

for if they’re scared they run and hide

or, sometimes, simply disappear.