Etwas the Elf

Etwas the Elf
Our heroine, photo by Maia Ycot

Monday, January 9, 2012

The Elf and the Cheerful Reunion

Once upon a time, Etwas the Elf and her butterfly, Rascal, took a long sojourn in a foreign land.   In Iceland, the hidden people rejoiced at her return.  There was a great parade in Etwas and Rascal's honor as few Elves ever went to foreign places.

Two elves played Portuguese horns.  A swan brought crumpets.  The International Association of Hrafnivolkin built a parade float from dried blueberry leaves, birch twigs and goose feathers.  Eleven pixies and a turtle pulled the float with a gnome singing Wagner on top in a nest of holly.  The senior Elf put on an exhibition of golf and a baboon played a bassoon.  From far away, a distant rough voice rumbled a medley of Merle Haggard songs.

The parade ended at Etwas' home mushroom and there was a great feast with rosewater in Rascal's tiny trough and powdered non-dairy cream for Etwas.  A banner over the mushroom read "HOME IS WHERE THEY'RE GLAD YOU CAME BACK"

And ever since then, Etwas is at home anywhere she's been once before.

5 comments:

  1. I love the banner. And always looking at your heroine!

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  2. Quite honestly, Voices, I think the heroine's head is too huge. It takes almost an hour to scroll down the screen to get to the actual adventure. And by then it's no longer an adventure - it's a chore.

    I might suggest a clip-art graphic of eleven pixies and a turtle pulling a float with a gnome singing Wagner on top in a nest of holly.

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  3. Thanks, Pia. (I assume you're Pia.)

    Karen, I haven't figured out how to make the photo manageable.

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  4. It's not rocket science, Doug. You can adjust the template from Blogger's dashboard.

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  5. I didn't figure that out. I just tried and still hasn't. Pity the poor rocket scientist.

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