After finding the small wooden door, Charlotte and James, set off into the fairy forest to search for similar doors and get lost along the way. They see a strange glow in the distance among the trees and follow it to find a fairy named Ayla dancing and chanting by the light of the full moon. She takes them by the hand and leads them out of the fairy forest back to their family who is anxiously waiting for their return.

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Fanciful creatures unique to each culture have been essential to our understanding the mysterious and unknown. In Irish mythology fairies were neither human or ghosts, but rather natural beings with supernatural powers. The famous 20th century poet, W.B. Yeats, was drawn to mysticism, spirituality and mythology. “The Stolen Child” is one of his most famous poems. I allude to this poem in my story of Ayla leading the children out of the fairy forest.