Dear reader, what you now hold in your hands is the culmination of a life's work. And you...

[Jared reads Spiderwick's Free Guide To The Fantastical World Around You] Arthur Spiderwick: [voice-over] Dear reader, what you now hold in your hands is the culmination of a life's work. And you will soon see, as I have, that there are fantastical creatures living among us, hidden through mimicry and magic. This book will give you the tools and techniques needed to lift the veil and see the unseen. Once you have this sight, you will never see things the same way again. But be forewarned, the secrets you are about to learn have been kept hidden for ages, secrets that many of this realm would prefer to stay hidden. The creatures you will meet are truly a sight to behold, and most of them do not like being observed. But, over time, I have garnered their trust. Some, I am quite happy to report, I now call friend. But a rare few are, quite frankly, to be feared. The darker forces of this realm all live in service of one creature, the ogre, Mulgarath. The secrets herein are powerful, more powerful than even I was aware. Never before has knowledge of the fantastical realm been assembled in one tome. And so I implore you, dear reader, to use this information wisely, for the ogre, Mulgarath, seeks this knowledge with relentless persistence. If he were to obtain the information in these pages, I can assure you his intentions would be of the vilest sort. He assumes many forms, and so you must constantly be on guard. I deeply fear that the more I learn, the more I place everyone around me in grave danger. So, reader, beware. I beseech you, beware.

Dear reader, what you now hold in your hands is the culmination of a life's work. And you will soon see, as I have, that there are fantastical creatures living among us, hidden through mimicry and magic. This book will give you the tools and techniques needed to lift the veil and see the unseen. Once you have the sight, you will never see things the same way again. But be forewarned! The secrets you are about to learn have been kept hidden for ages, secrets that many of this realm would prefer to stay hidden. The creatures you will meet are truly a sight to behold, and most of them do not like being observed. But, over time, I have garnered their trust. Some, I am quite happy to report, I now call friend. But a rare few are, quite frankly, to be feared. The darker forces of this realm all live in service of one creature, the ogre, Mulgarath. The secrets herein are powerful, more powerful than even I was aware. Never before has knowledge of the fantastical realm been assembled in one tome. And so I implore you, dear reader, to use this information wisely, for the ogre, Mulgarath, seeks this knowledge with relentless persistence. If he were to obtain the information in these pages, I can assure you his intentions would be of the vilest sort. He assumes many forms, and so you must constantly be on guard. I deeply fear that the more I learn, the more I place everyone around me in grave danger. So, reader, beware. I beseech you, beware. Mom! - What's going on? - Mom! Mom, please, help! What happened to you? - Hold still. - Please, Mom, just cut it! Cut it! - Okay, calm down. - Mom, please! Just cut me out! Cut it out! Please, just get a scissors! I don't care! - What happened? - He ruined my hair! Get him out! Jared, you've gone way too far this time. - Mom, please! Please! - What? I didn't do this! I've been sitting in a footlocker for the last two hours, reading! Yeah, right! Ask Simon. Well, he was in a footlocker. - Just cut me out! - Field guide. Mom, just cut it! I'm not enjoying this. I told you, I'll help you catch a woodchuck or something. I need the practice. Now, come on. Simon! That's not fair. He distracted me. - What does "appease" mean? - "Appease." You know, placate, pacify, assuage. - In English. - To make nice. Is that what you came out here to do? Well, apology not accepted. I'm not apologizing 'cause I didn't do it! This did. A brownie is living in the house and wants us to leave. Wow. That's incredible. You can read! I'm telling you, something is in that house with us, and Arthur Spiderwick knew about it, and that's why he wrote this guide! I'm a little lost. Who needs to be appeased? - The brownie? - No, a boggart. So there's a brownie and a boggart? A brownie turns into a boggart when it's angry, and it got angry when Mallory destroyed his nest. It likes honey. - That's why all the honey's there. - Really? Don't listen to him, Simon. Come on, let's go eat.