Protector Pouques- Nano-occupation of Guernsey

P’tite Jeanne and P’tit Jean looked at each other once the message had been
delivered.
“Those poor humans,” said P’tit Jean to his sister sadly, “we’ve had a really
horrible time and now it’s their turn.”
The two pouques were quite concerned about the Robilliard children that they
often had adventures with, so they decided to visit them to check that they were
OK.
Now, fairy sickness does not affect humans, so it was safe for them to help out.
They took with them some very special alcohol gel that Grande Mabelle and
Grand Colin had made for the fairy folk to rub on their hands when they were ill
and had the virus. It was a very strong gel. Vraic (seaweed) had been gathered
from the seashore and potatoes had been fermented to make the alcohol to go
into the gel. The boiled seaweed was very pongy, but the fairy folk couldn't work
out how to get rid of the smell and had just had to put up with it during their
isolation, mainly by taking it in turns to stand upwind, away from each other.
All the humans had to stay in their houses and were only allowed out to do some
essential shopping and to get some exercise. The sickness was spreading
through all the population and it made old people, and those who were already
sick, have problems with their breathing, and sadly some of them had already
died. By staying in their houses, the sickness would not be able to spread as
much through the human population. This was called lockdown. Anyone who
did go out had to stay two metres away from any other humans. This was called
social distancing.
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