content: they were the tiniest men and women that the princess had ever seen ; not one of them would have reached half - way to her knee ; and they were dressed in dresses fashioned out of all the colours of the rainbow -- scarlet and blue , green and yellow , orange and violet ; and the funny thing was , that every one of them had a shock of straw - coloured yellow hair . they were all talking and laughing with one another ; and they hopped up , first on stools , then on chairs , till at last they reached the top of the table , where they clustered round the bowl , out of which the princess was eating her porridge . " we be hungry , we be hungry , " they cried , in their tiny shrill voices . " spare a little porridge for the peerie folk . "
answer: they wanted to eat her porridge .
question: why did the peerie folk visit the eldest princess ?
target: why did the peerie folk visit the eldest princess ?
references: why did the peerie folk visit the eldest princess ?