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Dear Eze,
I’m in the middle of fighting over a pie here, so I’ll keep this short.
I’m a baker, and my kitchen has a big bay window that we designed as somewhere to leave baked goods to cool once they’ve come out of the oven. This worked great, just as intended, until pixies started stealing my pastries.
The blasted things have been tearing little handfuls out of my sweetbreads for months. I’ve tried everything: netting, anti-pixie netting, warding charms, nothing works! The window has to stay open to let the goods cool, and I won’t use any sprays or prevention methods that might compromise my work. I’ve never minded pixies before, but this has to stop before I loose my business.
What do I have to do to keep these pixies from eating me out of house and home?
-Punting Pixies
Dear Punting Pixies,
It sounds like you’ve made a good start with what you can do at home yourself, I think your next step is calling in an expert.
Pixies can be quite mischievous by nature, but are generally harmless. They are also under the protection of various laws and organizations that operate across the continent, which makes dealing with a case of impolite pixies a bear to overcome. But that doesn’t mean that you are doomed to watch your business fall to crumbs.
There are a host of professionals, from magicians for hire, warding experts, or your average pest control, who can offer consult, specific advice, and hopefully some cost-effective assistance.
Now, if professional help isn’t in the budget right now, you might like to try cutting a deal. Pixies, likes most everyone, will generally follow the path of least resistance. Have a stack of cakes fresh out of the oven that can’t be disturbed? Try leaving those behind your pixie netting (and therefore and effort to access), and leave a batch of smaller, decoy cakes somewhere easily accessible. A few bakers I know often bemoan bad or unattractive batches that can’t be sold. Instead of sending them all to the discard pile, use them to satiate your pesky pixies so they’ll leave the goods on order alone.
And who knows! Pixies are often reported to bring good fortune. Maybe having a little flying hoard nearby and invested in keeping the pastries present will boost business.
Best of luck,
-EzeC
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