Vertago

Fairies

  I was told that the Wee People visited at night.
  They liked the hot humid summer. And if they visited
  I should give them some bread or water.
  At the age of nine, I honestly believed my parents
  and was fearful the box fan in my window would
  shred fairies. Mom told me that fairies could not
  be chopped up; "They are spirits."
  I kept a flash light in my bed.