In Cappadocia, the thrill of hurtling along a trail on two wheels is amplified by its otherworldly landscape of rock pillars, known as "fairy chimneys", many reaching more than 40 metres high, as well as its cave houses and ancient Byzantine churches.
The lights are low and atmospheric, fairy lights blink around a bar stacked with wine bottles.
Since all it takes for evil to prevail is one good seven-year-old to do nothing, I continued to crack the case wide open: "And what about the tooth fairy?" I got up to tell my sister, but was waylaid by an adult offering me chocolate cake in exchange for my silence.
Is it perhaps because in many bookshops poetry is likely to be found under signs which say "Fairy Tales and Gifts", "Jokes", "Rhymes and Giggles" and "Hobbies"?
(Actually I'll be ok, whatever happens, as long as that hippy fairy from the UK doesn't steal this thing. That would be a gross miscarriage of justice).
#eurovision pic.twitter.com/Vfm3ADz1TJ Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 10.17pm AEST13 17 The Danish fairy who won last year is back showing Molly how to do hippy fairy properly – although there has been a strange moment where the lip sync appeared to lapse into actual singing.
"The fairy tale became a nightmare for the Azzurri" is how Gazzetta dello Sport describes the crushing defeat for Prandelli's men.
Another is that instead focusing on "airy fairy" issues like electoral reforms (Blunkett was in the no camp on AV), the Labour leader should focus on the "bread and butter issues" that concern voters.
Many fairy stories very obviously address the arrival of sexuality – princesses are invariably virgins until the prince turns up and slays the monster (of guilt?).
On the other hand there are those who argue fairy godmothers should not be multimillionaire Russian businessmen and that the Cherries have escaped the Championship on the back of Maxim Demin's money rather than the footballing ability of Howe and his players.
Where do I party For drinks in the Jewellery Quarter, the Rose Villa Tavern is a creative take on the classic pub, with Victorian stained-glass windows and green tiling offset by madcap touches such as fairy-lit tree branches, antler chandeliers and a red phone box.
