The Selfish Elf
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On top of the world, at #1, The North Pole, lived an elfish young girl with hair made of gold. Right next to the other elves, that lived right cross the hall in a huge castle that stood upright and tall. She helped make the toys and made sure they were right for all the good little children on Christmas Eve night. But there was something about her that wasn't quite right. Something down deep she knew Saint Nick wouldn't like.
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About the Book
The Selfish Elf is a short story about a young elf who has a not-so-elfish personality. She would rather receive than give. One night she steals Santa’s bag along with as many toys as she can stuff into it and leaves the North Pole behind. She ends up in a small town where she learns a valuable lesson from an unlikely source about what greed can do to a person and especially an elf. The Christmas Elf was written with hopes that the reader will enjoy the short adventure of a young elf, but it was also written as instructions for a gift exchange whenever and wherever gifts are, well, exchanged. This type of gift exchange has been around a few years with various stories to move it along. The gift exchange goes like this: Persons sit around in a circle holding any random gift that they choose, while someone else (the one without a gift) reads the story, The Selfish Elf. In the story the author uses the words “left” and “right” to move the elf along in her journey. When the people in the circle hear either “left” or “right,” they pass their gifts in that direction to the person sitting beside them. Whatever gift the person is holding when the story is over is the one they go home with. No exceptions!
About the Author
The author lives with his wife and two children in a small rural town located almost in the heart of South Carolina. He enjoys the slow pace the town still offers though he is aware that this is becoming a rarity. He admits that he has only dabbled in writing since high school and has never taken it seriously, although it is something he has always meant to get to. The Selfish Elf started out being just an idea he had for a gift exchange one Christmas, but it turned into something he felt was worth sharing with others. This is the author’s first published story ever and is written for those who still have a large place in their hearts for Christmas and what it is truly about. He also hopes you will share it with your family around a circle of gifts on Christmas Day.