The Fairies

Rating:
Summary: Trivia
Review: 'The Fairies' is the poem that the tinker starts to quote to Charlie Bucket, in the movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", when he first stops at the gates while delivering newspapers.

UP the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men...

(He stops there, but adds "You see: Nobody ever goes in, ...and nobody ever comes out!")

The character needs to stop there because the second half of that first stanza is not nearly so eerie, nor does it foreshadow the Oompa Loompas very well. The poem continues:

Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather!

However, I'm not sure I'd recommend this book for very young children. It contains the abduction and death of a young girl. ...but read the poem at bartleby dot com and decide for yourself.

Rating:
Summary: unbelieveable
Review: William Allingham wrote this poem just right because you really believe the fairies. I've had this book since 1989 and the dust cover is unwrinkled and unripped. I will certainly hand this book down to my children and make sure they do the same. This certainly is a must have for all little kids.