Where the elves live ...

Elf wisdom:

The Little Elf

By John K. Bangs


I met a little Elfman once,
Down where the lilies grow.
I asked him why he was so small,
And why he didn't grow.

He slightly frowned, and with his eye
He looked me through and through -
" I'm just as big for me," said he,
" As you are big for you!"