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The Elves Who Were Lost

Two little elves, named Sprite and Midgy, were playing in their yard, when their mama called them in for supper..."Sprite...Midgy...sup pertime."
"Yes ma'am." They answered with giggly voices.
Now, Sprite, being the smarter of the two, whispered to Midgy, 'When mama isn't looking, sneak a muffin in your pocket and I'll sneak one into mine."

Without thinking, Midgy spoke up, "Why for, I wanna do that?"
"Shhh...I have a plan." Sprite was telling Midgy, her little sister. "Now keep your voice down."
"Okay." She shouted out.
"Okay what?" Mama asked.
"Oh nothing mama, let's eat."
Mama elf started to set the table with all the wonderful food she prepared. The mutton stew smelled savory. The muffins smelled buttery. The lemonade, lemony.
"It looks good mama." Sprite was rubbing her hands together, ready to dig in.
"Well let's say our prayers first." Mama Sat down, putting a cloth napkin in her lap. "Sprite, would you say the blessing?"
"Yes, ma'am. Bless this food, Great spirit and may you watch over us and our home. Amen." She then reaches over to grab her a muffin, when her arm sleeve slid across the top of the mutton stew.
"Sprite...look at whatcha did." Mama got up to wet her napkin in the sink, and when she had her back turned, Sprite grabbed two more muffins, trying to stuff them in her shirt pocket, as quickly as she could. Giving one to Midgy to put in her pocket.
Midgy looked at Sprite confusingly, "Put it in your pocket, quick." Sprite whispered as she sat down.
Mama turned back around with the wet napkin, "Here, let me wipe that stew off your sleeve." As she wiped the gravy off, making sure nothing was left of a stain. "There...now be more careful." She started to sit down, when she noticed a few more muffins were gone, "My, you girls are certainly hungry."
"Yes ma'am...and thank you for a wonderful meal mama." Sprite smiled at her mama.
The two little elves ate what they could of their mutton stew and Sprite wiped her mouth with her napkin, asking her mama, "Can we go out and play some more?"
"It's getting late." As mama looked out the window. "Don't stay out too long."
"Come on Midgy, let's go while we have time." As the two scurried out of their chairs and out the door of their little cave dwelling, mama looked out the door and told them, "Stay away from the edge of the woods and don't go in there, little elves who go in, don't come out." She warned them.
Well, that was part of Sprite's little plan was to go there. Her curiosity

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