England's Boisterous
Mischief - Maker
"I am that merry wanderer of the night,"
cried the elf Robin Goodfellow,
sometimes called Puck by countryfolk.
Indeed, he was the jester of Faerie, a cutup
who lured travelers into swamps, pinched
lazy housemaids and pulled stools from
beneath inveterate gossips. It was said that
humans danced to his seductive piping as
trained bears to a circus drum, and that he
took his pleasure in causing confusion among
mortals, whose various follies he never
tired of watching.