The propaedeutic discourse regarding your delve into fairyology should note that, first, not all winged creatures are fairies, second, not all leaf-sized creatures are fairies and, third, some winged creatures the size of a leaf are, indeed, butterflies, which are not fairies either.

Now, a red-hatted gnome could certainly gloss to a neophyte the differences between fairies and butterflies during a causerie at the tree’s root, with the most important lesson being that butterflies prefer branches while fairies may opt for a nap in an unoccupied boot. ; )