A Bit of Magic

 Cross your middle fingers

Stand upon your toes.

That's a bit of magic,

Not everybody knows.

If you see a fairy,

Do not make a noise;

Fairies are suspicious,

Of little girls and boys.

Look! the magic's working!

Hiding in the grass,

Can't you see a Fairy?

Did you see her pass?

All among the bushes

Blackberries are ripe-

Looking another fairy,

Playing on a pipe!

Here's a little goblin

 Lying fast asleep;

Blackberries he's gathered-

Left them in a heap.

See the tiny fairies

Stealing from his pile?

Won't there be some trouble 

In a little while.

There's a little fairy

Whisp'ring in the trees,

Fairies in the hedges,

Fairies in the trees.

They are all around us,

but we couldn't see,

Till we tried the magic

made by you and me. 

written by Margaret Tarrant