The '''Psammead''', also known as '''Sand Fairy''', is a sapient magical creature once encountered by five children in a gravel pit which had once been a littoral area. The creature is most notable for its ability to grant wishes of any number and any kind; however the wishes will last only for the remaining of the day, and disappear with the next sunrise.

The Psammead is a short, rotund creature with long mobile eyestalks, large ears resembling those of a bat, and numerous whiskers on its snout. It has a round frog-like body covered in soft black fur and four limbs, each ending in a paw resembling that of a monkey's. The creature is extremely long-lived; its memories dating back to the Mesozoic era. It is also capable of speaking English somehow.

Despite living close to the sea, members of this species are extremely sensitive to water and will usually die from cold if they get wet. They dig up very deep burrows in the dry sand to keep the sea away. When a Psammead is about to grant a wish, it first holds its breath, inflates its body and releases air from its mouth.

*Five Children and It (1902)
*The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904) (mentioned only)
*The Story of the Amulet (1906)

*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Children_and_It Wikipedia]
*[https://non-aliencreatures.fandom.com/wiki/Psammead Non-Alien Species wiki]
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