Superb Fairy-wren -- Brisbane, Australia

Australia is not known for faeryfolk. However, recent research shows that some pucks trekked from Ireland to Australia when England shipped her prisoners to the desert continent. All faeryfolk are considered to be territorial. Why exactly these pucks chose to leave for an unknown continent remains a mystery. Some are of the opinion that the pucks got uncommonly close to certain human families and chose to leave with them. This, explains Dr Tom Holtz, is a strange genetic deviation in the puck’s makeup, when the pucks territorial and social instincts get befuddled. The puck starts to confuse the human family as “territory” and if the family unit should relocate, the puck will relocate with it.

There is no statistical clarity as to how many pucks (or any other faeryfolk) exist in Australia at present. There had been at least five isolated confirmed sightings over a half a century span. That's about one every decade!

Recently a Superb Fairy-wren, a small bird indigenous to Australia, has been reported to act peculiarly. Usually Superb Fairy-wren’s are shy and avoid cities. This Fairy-Wren, it seems, likes to hang out at digital exhibitions. A young man, who is also a digital and technological connoisseur and often attends such exhibitions, is certain that he has seen the same Superb Fairy-wren at different exhibitions.

The Office sent us to investigate. They are of the opinion that it might be a shape-shifting puck disguising itself as a Superb Fairy-wren and since it is always seen at digital exhibitions it might even be an ET-puck.

We landed in Brisbane yesterday and have an appointment with the young man tonight. He also promised to take us to an event happening tomorrow where he think the Superb Fairy-wren might appear again. I’m not sure what to think. Is it really possible that we’ll find an ET-puck in Australia of all places? Miss Mary Tudor says that she hasn’t detected anything faeryfolkish since we arrived in Australia. Dr Tom Holtz is also negative about the whole endeavour. Faeryfolk do not enjoy such hot weather, he says, and it is very unlikely for us to find a faeryfolk in this heat. If there are any such creatures in Brisbane, they would be hiding in some cellar where it is dark and moist.

I can only hope that this time will be more fruitful than our previous excursion. D-day is coming.