Fraught

Fraught - to be emotionally stressed

 

 Fraught is the word that fairies use to describe a scared fairy. They use this word when a fairy is scared by something like a squirrel that they didn’t see. They also say it if a fairy is being chased by a bear. Luckily for the fairies they are faster than the bears so they always escape. Some fairies use the word to tease other fairies.

 

When a fairy gets told that they were fraught they get offended. Because of this many fairies got into fights and many of them ended badly. Because of this the fairy leader band the word from being used. The problem with this was now the fairies couldn’t call it anything. 

 

The fairies tried to come up with another word for it but couldn’t. They tried as hard as they could but couldn’t think of a good word. After a long time of thinking the fairy leader found a solution. He decided to let the word be said but it could not be used in a mean fashion.    

Static - Noise Interuption

Static is a waxy goo that is used to replace regular glue. The fairies use it when they run out of glue in there fairy homes. The fairies don’t like using it though because if you want to take something off that you glued on with static you will have a really hard time. Sometimes when the fairies try to get something off the glue it rips whatever they glued it to. The glue comes from honey and other materials. Also the fairies don’t like using it because it can sometimes glue their wing together and everyone knows how bad that is.

At one point in time the fairies banned the use of static. They banned it because some fairies got their wings stuck and couldn’t get them apart. The fairies that couldn’t get them apart had to get it amputated. Can you imagine a fairy without its wings? Fairies don’t look like fairies without wings and that’s why they banned it. After they banned it the fairies ran out of glue. With no glue they had to do something. The fairies agreed to use it until they could find a substitute.

The fairies found that they could make less sticky glue if they added water when making static. With the new glue the fairies could do much more. The old static however is still being used for construction when they need something strong. The new glue is actually the only glue used now. The fairies after seeing how good it was made it the main glue to be used.      

Dynamic - Continuously Active

Dynamic is what you say when describing different dyes. Like red dye, blue dye, green dye, orange dye, etc. in the beginning fairies would just say different colored dyes. But then they decided that it wasn’t technical enough. So the fairy community decided to make a name for it. The fairies came up with a whole bunch of different names. The names that the fairies gave just weren’t the write ones. The fairies just couldn’t find the right one. The fairies even offered a reward for whoever could come up with a good word. The fairy community gave up.

The fairy community did not know though that there was a young fairy who knew the word that would be the most perfect word for it ever. The only problem was that the fairy was in another town and did not know how to get to the town where the community was. The fairy tried to find somebody who knew the way to the town. She asked everybody in town but nobody knew where it was. Well that isn’t entirely true. There was this one person who knew but he was the meanest fairy in the whole world. Nobody even dared to ask him anything. But she was desperate. After thinking it over for a very long time she decided that she had no other choice. She walked up to the door very slowly. In her mind she wanted to go back but she had to get to the fairy community. She knocked on the door and the man opened it. He invited her in and she sat down. After talking for a while the man who everybody thought was mean told her how to get there. She thanked him and went to go to the fairy community to tell them the right word.

Once she got to the fairy community she had to find the leader of it. She asked around but nobody stopped to answer her. She went into the town but when she asked somebody they wouldn’t tell her because they want the reward. She wondered around the building looking for somebody. Finally she asked someone who took her to the leader of the fairy community. The person she asked was the leader’s personal assistant. They got to the leaders office where he was. She asked him and he was amazed. It was perfect. He announced that from now on they would call it dynamic. 

              

Eloquent - Forceful and Fluent Expression

Eloquent - Eel pens

Eloquent is when fairies use eels as pens. The fairies use eels as pens when the run out of ink for regular pens. At first when fairies ran out of ink they would just go looking for ink. But all of that changed when the oldest fairy alive decided to find a new type of ink. One day they couldn’t find ay ink so the oldest fairy gave the idea to use eels. Ever since the only thing they use for ink is eels. The eels don’t mind though because once the fairies are done with the ink they put the eels back in the pond where they came from. The fairies use the eels even more now because they don’t run out of ink. Sometimes now the fairies write so much that there won’t be a single eel in the pond at times. 

Some fairies even say that the inks from eels are better than the original ink. The inks from the eels don’t smudge like the original ink. The eels ink also dries much faster. I think that this will be a problem soon because the eels aren’t being able to live their lives. The eels are getting annoyed that they are being used so much. Some of the eels have decided that they don’t want to be used as pens any more. 

Now there are only a few eels letting the fairies use them as pens. The fairies now have to find the ink that they used a long time ago. The eels that stopped being used as pens convinced the other eels to stop being pens. So now there are now no eels being used as pens. So now the fairy land is back to normal.           

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.