The Little Elf
The Little Elf
Poem
I met a little Elf-man, once,
Down where the lilies blow.
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 quite as big for me," said he,
"As you are big for you."
Notes
"The Little Elf" was written by American humorist John Kendrick Bangs.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Image from "Language Reader" (Book 2, 1906) by Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, and Jennie Freeborn Owens.
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