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THE LITTLE ELF-MAN by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

First Line: I MET A LITTLE ELF-MAN ONCE
Last Line: "AS YOU ARE BIG FOR YOU."
Subject(s): FAIRIES; IMAGINATION; ELVES; FANCY;
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."



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