Elves
September 25, 2008
1. On the bus this morning, I glanced over the shoulder of my seatmate to see what book she was reading, and my eyes settled on one sentence: “Today I was Photo Elf for the eldest Santa.” (David Sedaris?)
2. Moments later, I turned to my iPhone to read an email, and the sender finished it by calling me by a nickname he hadn’t used in a long time: Elfochka (“Little Elf”).
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