I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense...

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

This is a Tale about a tail - a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.

The pennycandystore beyond the El is where I first fell in love with unreality

'I would take a twirling baton and use it as my 'icaphone' - that's what I called it - and lay a towel on the floor as my stage.'

I was a weird little kid. I was very irritable, bored, frustrated. I felt my imagination bubbling inside my head without having any way to express itself. Give…