Approbation – an act of approving formally or officially

There are times when young fairies tend to be a little wild.  They go about picking hardtack and using the gel inside it to paint leaves and rocks.  Taking the colorful puffs they fly about placing the colors all over the meadow.  They paint various animal pictures where ever they find a flat surface.  Eventually, though, they will get caught.  They are taken before the fairy courts which are full of disapproving adult fairies.  As the young fairies are brought before the courts, they have to face their parents which is never fun.  The parents tell them how disappointed they are in them and then they have to stand before the judges and face their punishment.  They usually receive approbation.  They have to go around where they painted the meadow and clean it up.  It takes several days because when hardtack hardens, it is almost impossible to remove.  They have to scrub for hours.  This takes the young fairies away from all their fun which makes them really unhappy. 

Approbation began several hundred years ago when the first disobedient fairy took off and colored up the meadow.  It was a shock to the whole fairy community.  It took the fairy leaders a long time to figure out how to punish the poor young fairies.  It was finally determined that they can clean up the mess that they made.  It did not go over too well with the ones who had to do the cleaning up, but it has been used as a punishment for the last 256 years.

Tipple - Drink

Tipple is a game that is played by fairies.  They put a pebble on a stick where it balances but barely.  They fly by it and who ever makes it fall looses.  There are sometimes tournaments for tipple.  The champions get a medal and a trophy.  Tipple is a very old game from hundreds of years ago.  An old man was bored and came up with this very fun game.  Ever since it has been a world wide sport.  If you ever walk in a meadow, you might be lucky enough to witness a game of tipple.  If so, hide or else the game ends and they all scatter.  So take care of what you are doing.  You might be lucky enough to see a fairies’ good game of tipple.

Celerity – rapidity of motion or action

Green edible tree

In fairy villages, there is a kind of tree that fairies eat as well as humans.  Fairies strip the “bark” off the tree and eat it.  Celerity is delicious and also has a festival in its honor.  The only true problem with celerity is that humans invade the villages (without knowing it) and steal the celerity while destroying the village.  Celerity is stringy and some strands are used in jewelry, furniture, nets, or as rope to hold things together.  The green color in celerity is commonly used as a die for clothes or furniture as well as art.  At the bottom of celerity is a white, hard thing used for furniture or softer tools such as utensils, cook wear, and plates and bowls.  Mainly things in the kitchen.  Celerity is not only a snack, but a drink.  Celerity juice is good and filling.  Mainly baby fairies drink it but it is used at parties or festivals, too.  So as you can celerity is used in a fairy’s everyday life.