Doyle readily confessed to having communicated with pixies. According to Sir Arthur, Queen Picel herself grew rather fond of the Old Boy seeming to suggest that his relationship with the Wee Folk was not just a chance encounter or two but had some semblance of continuity and comfort. In his Coming of the Fairies, the noted progenitor of Sherlock Holmes reveals a rather intimate knowledge of those mysterious wee folk who inhabit the land of enchantment visited mainly by children still full of wonder and adults said to be a little touched in the head but quite harmless and well meaning and so they should be having consorted with wee folk who are said to be singularly kind and well meaning if not just a mite mischievous on occasion.
Of course not all fairies are absolute little angels, you understand. How do you think they got to be what they are said to be? They are said to have once been angels who took a rather abrupt fall. Didn't we all?
In many cultures there are wee folk. In alpine Mexico, there grows an herb used by the Aztecs as a poultice for wounds. It is said that the blossoms of this herb were worn by the wee folk as mittens for it was perishing cold crossing the high ridges of the Sierra Madre winter or summer.
In Cuzco, capital of the old Inca Empire, folks say to this day, "set out a saucer of milk for the cats. The wee folk will thank you for it."
In just about every culture from Mesopotamia to modern day Stockholm, stories of the wee folk abound. In Sweden the tiny folk are said to show a singular vindictiveness towards their enemies and a bountiful benevolence towards their friends. If you do happen to come across a tiny folk or two do not try to take them captive. If you do, you will rue the day for these folk have command of the birds of the sky.
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