Set in the world of Faery, this tells of the preparation of the Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children. It should have been a cheerful, human occasion, but other powers were at work and the world of man and of Faery met and blended in a strange union.

Every twenty-four years in the village of Wootton Major, the Feast of Good Children was held. This was a very special occasion, and to celebrate it a great cake was prepared to feed the twenty-four children who were invited. The cake was sweet and rich and entirely covered in sugar icing. But inside there were some very strange ingredients, and anyone who swallowed them would gain the gift of entry into the Land of Faery.