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Stranger.

One day in late spring the fairies and the other little folk of Fairyland came to me and told me of a strange creature that had been seen. Fairyland as you all know has a very strong magic boundary that separates it from the rest of the world and nothing could enter unless they were pure in heart or possessed magic powers. I was not very alarmed that a creature had found its way into Fairyland.

The Fairies and especially the Leprechauns insisted that I go with them to see this creature. I left my old house and entered Fairyland by way of my back garden. I followed the Fairies and the Leprechauns as they moved deeper into the woods. I always enjoy my strolls through this enchanted land. After an hour or so we came to one of the many grass clearings that abounded in this magic place.

Right in the middle of the clearing was a donkey an ordinary grey little donkey. On seeing this I laughed out loud, a strange creature indeed what nonsense. Then I looked at the donkey more closely. Strange was that its front hoofs were a pair of human hands and its back hoofs a pair of human feet. Apart from that it was a grey donkey. I immediately informed the Fairy Queen Feeana of this strange being. I sent my message with one of the many Robins that nested here.

An hour later the Robin arrived with Her Majesty the Fairy Queen Feeana. I told her Majesty about the unfortunate donkey that had two hands and two feet where its hoofs should be. The Queen agreed with me there was something not right in this our Fairyland. We gently spoke to the donkey and found that he was indeed a Royal Prince that had fallen foul of a powerful Sorcerer. The Sorcerer had muttered a magic spell and the prince was turned into a donkey.

The donkey explained that after a year of his wandering his hooves started turning back into hands and feet. It would be ten or more long years for it to become a Prince once more. The Queen cast a spell that was even more powerful that that of the Sorcerer and behold the donkey turned back into a Royal Prince. The Queen asked him if he would like to stay and rest here in Fairyland. The Prince agreed and stayed with me in my old house for one year.

I was very sorry when I heard that the Prince wanted to return to his own Palace and Land. The year he had been with me I with permission from the Fairy Queen Feeana taught him all the magic he would need to overthrow this evil old sorcerer. He set out at dawn one beautiful sunny day promising he would return and let us know how he had got on.

A year passed and one day a Robin flew into my window and told me this story. The Prince had returned home just on the day when his beautiful Princess was to be married to the Sorcerer. The Prince turned the evil old sorcerer into a black stone that stands to this very day. The Prince married his Princess and they lived a long and happy life. The Princess gave birth to two sons who, when they were old enough sent to me here in Fairyland to be taught magic. The Prince would have no sorcerers in his land.

I have been asked by Her Majesty Queen Feeana to tell you this story and to warn you not to trust strangers. You never know it might be one of the evil sorcerers in disguise. You would not want to be  turned into a Donkey or some other poor animal would you now?