The three brother dwarfs are renowned for their bad temper and mean unfriendliness, until one Hallowe'en, a prank is played upon them by the forest folk. Outside their front door they find a fairy foundling child. They are forced to take care of him and, as he grows up, their lives become completely changed. Not only do they have to bath and feed Felix, but when he is old enough to fly through the forest he brings all his new friends back to the dwarfs' tree-house. Rabbits, chipmunks and squirrels and even the snobbish Archibald Skunk-Phoo come to call on them. In fact, whenever Brother Ubald wants to sit down to read, there is some small animal curled up in his chair and Brother Alban is constantly wiping up dirty footmarks. Yet before long they stop complaining, for Felix spreads love and happiness around him wherever he goes.

When Felix suddenly disappears, the dwarfs' grief is shared by all their neighbours. At last, after some surprising adventures, the story ends happily with a most successful fancy dress party given by the brothers McOakum themselves.

The forest at the different seasons is beautifully described and the characters, drawn with delightful humour, will live long in the memory of many a child.

From the dust jacket