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It is autumn which happens to be one of our favourite times of the year. It also happens to be when we first drew this wee picture and so we thought it would be nice to re-share it with you, along with its little story…but before we do we have to tell you a bit about the Kings and Queens of the faerie worlds…
Most people don’t know this, but all faeries are Princes and Princesses. That’s because in the faerie realms it’s not lineage, but deeds that determines who will be next in line to the throne, so anyone can become the next King or Queen. And it’s the world around them that decides who will have the honour to take on this role. However, when and how this is revealed differs greatly within each realm of the faerie worlds. For the forest faeries it’s their leafy hair that declares their new role and it always happens at this time of the year. As the leaves turn into their beautiful autumn colours, so does the hair of all the faeriefolk of the forest. For most their leafy locks turns into bright shades of reds or rich tones of brown. But every year, in every forest one very deserving faerie’s hair will turn gold, crowning them the new King or Queen of the forest faeries.
And that brings us back to this wee art picture. It’s a drawing that we made of our good friend Leahann’riada. She lives in Howl-wind Hollows, an enchanted little forest near our house. Here she helps all the lost little bugs, beetles and creepy crawlies that wandered into these woods to find their way home, or if they prefer to stay, she helps them to find a cosy wee burrow of their own and teach them all about the forest and its ways.
And on the day that we made this drawing we found her telling a wee little beetle-bird, who was Howl-wind hollows’ latest resident, the very same story we just told you – about of the turning of the leaves and the crowning of the faerie Queen or King. About halfway through the story the wee little bug reached out to her and slowly said the word “queen”. Leahann’riada gave a big joyous smile, framed by a blushing face and told the wee bug that she is most flattered, but he must have misunderstood the story, knowing that he’s not yet fluent in the language of the forest. She was just about to re-tell the tale from the start when we noticed it too! Her hair was turning to gold right before our eyes! The forest chose her to be the new faerie Queen of howl-wind hollows and we were there to see it happen! It was amazing and we are so glad we could share a wee bit of this magical moment with you and show you the first official portrait of her majesty the faerie Queen! We hope you like it
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