Physically, Skifflewhim was depicted as "really little, with big hairy ears and pants made from an old leather glove". The little Brownie used to "hop around", making Kelly's clothes "dance themselves into the drawers". The girl's hair would part and braid itself out before she woke up, and her dolls would march right onto the shelves. But when Kelly noticed that when she left some scraps of food out for the Brownie, the Faerie would eat everything she didn't like: brussels sprouts, beets and liver. The Human started to wonder what he wouldn't eat. She left out raw onion and a bunch of worms from the garden, and he ate them. But when she left out kitty litter, Skifflewhim became angered and turned into a Boggart. He took all of the kitty litter, threw it all over the room and even filled K