when you are in the fairy glade, how do you get to the upper part that looks like a branch?
i've done everything else (under water, by the "no swimming" area), so how do you get to the top of the branch(es)?
help appreciated

just beneath it is a little stone with an symbolic arrow pointing to it. Jump on it, and it acts like a spring to let you jump and hang on the branch.

is this what you mean?

when you are almost at the end of this level, I can tell you already something that everyone encounters as a problem: you have to hit a machine on 3 marked places with throwing balls, but you have to carry these balls on a small path, and there are balls coming to you too. Here's the hint: throw your ball in the air to free your hands, so you can shoot the upcoming enemy ball, and rayman will catch his ball again automatically.

there's a fence type thing near where two frog-like kids are asking where there father is
how do i get that fence to open?

i can remember there must be a great red swith up there the branch somewhere, just have a look

red switch?

kitty,
after you jumped on that stone to hang and move along the branch, go into the opening, and play the next scene first, after you will return on top of that branch, where you can shoot on a red switch

another hint afterwards:
when you reach a pirate house, let the pirate drop a bomb on the wooden gratings on the ground to open it, so stand a while on the gratings

this game rules