A faerie is said to be the wandering spirit of a child who died before it was baptized. What if faeries were all the miscarriages and stillbirths? What if they weren't sad, lost souls, but busy, happy, little creatures doing God's bidding?

They all have short hair, naturally. Babies never have long hair.

They dress according to location, for they are all across the world; anywhere people are or have been.

Of course they are quite small; only rarely more than seven inches tall and often a good deal shorter.

And they keep the features inherited from their parents and their personality.