The fairies are great imitators, although they would never admit to it. They like to project the idea that they are great innovators and not great imitators, but their existence is confined to the cycles and seasons of the Earth, to which they are closely bound. Their experience contains only that which Nature has already provided, although they are good at the manipulation of said raw material.
Still, they cannot (without great magic) create something
from the ether that does not already exist, or that did not exist at one
time. For this reason, some of them are
very jealous of humans and their ability to create and see into future
possibilities, to combine substances in new ways or create substances Nature
had not considered creating. They
forget, of course, their secure and rightful spot in all of Nature and their
freedom to be as they are. This is
something most humans would give their right arm to have. In any event, tools, means of transportation,
digital communication, etc., are outside of their grasp, being essentially
human things.
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| Stone ship built by fairies. |
But that doesn’t mean they don’t desire such things. Here you see a stone ship the fairies built
on the seashore. It has been here for a
while, as evidenced by the seaweed hanging from it and growing all around it. In fact, it is often submerged underwater
when the tide comes in and has become a static fixture on this beach. They haven’t quite grasped the idea that a
ship should float and is meant to carry land creatures safely across water and
shouldn’t be made of stone. Even if they
have grasped the idea, it’s meaningless to them since many of them are able to
manifest gills at will.
No, this ship is not for travel. The Great Imitators have no need for
that. It is just for play, for fun, for
fancy. If there’s one thing they love,
it’s play. I love the way their minds
work, though. As much as they might
wonder what it must be like to be human, I wonder what it must be like to have
the ability to manipulate the raw materials around me in endless variety, just
for fun.
