[Marshal Davout]

But a Violent Sea Storm Came Up and crashed against the Fairy Ships and Fleet; and they could make no Progress towards France, Nor could they Retreat towards the Cove in Italy. And so it was; Despite all of the Combined Magick of the Fairies together; that their Ships were smashed against some rocks and each other and gradually all of the Fairy Fleet was Sunk and they were thrown into the Mediterranean Sea and the Fairies; were too water-logged in the Storm to Fly, had to swim to save their Lives ! And it took all of their Magick to keep going and to reach some shore. And Finally all of the Fairies were tossed upon the Beaches of an Island, water-logged and sick from swallowing sea water and; you Guessed it; the name of the Island was Corsica ! ( although in Antiquity it wasn't always called such )

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The Fairies Are Rescued. Now the Fairies were sick from swallowing sea water and were totally exhausted from swimming in the storm to save their lives. So they could do little except crawl upon the beach and could not fly or do magick.
Then the Corsican children came down to the Beach to play after the storm and found the thousands of Fairies thrown upon the beach. So they went home and told their parents; Little people are ship-wrecked upon the beach ! At first their parent didn't believe them; but gradually they all went down to the beach and saw all of the sick Fairies. So they got their washing baskets and or wheel barrows and brought all of the Fairies to their Homes. ( And the Fairies were sore Afraid because they thought the humans will take us Prisoner and lock us in Bird Cages and we will never get out ! ) But the Humans rolled the sea water out of the Fairies with wine bottles and made them Beds in the washing baskets and ticked them in . Then they made the Fairies Chicken soup and Tea. and tucked them warm in the beds for the night. And so it was that the Corsicans were nice people and saved the Fairies to have a dry place by their Fires. And every Corsican home had 10 or 20 Fairies or more in it ! ( To be Continued as my Fairy co-author is demanding another Jelly sandwich ! )