Here is your prompt, and isn’t is perfectly appropriate for the season? Now, this may just be a jolly Christmas elf, but let’s not assume anything! This elf might only be jolly on the surface or perhaps he has very little to do with Santa and is working for himself or…for another.
It’s storytime! Remember you story should be 100 words, no more and no less, lovingly placed right here in the comments or at your own web site home with a link back to us, please! Tell us a tale!
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[Thanks, Jimmie!]
It felt uncomfortable, like an itching that started down her thigh and crept up her rib cage and nestled, unbidden, in her neck. The scent of… something … came from the other side of the open pit. She couldn’t place it. Not quite earth, nor sodden leaves. A mixture of spices, like nutmeg or pepper.
Suddenly, the girl felt her feet give way — she was inside the earth itself. She could breathe perfectly well, though all the peat and soil surrounded her. A huge persimmon-colored nose appeared in the middle of a friendly, elf-like face.
“We’ve been waiting for you, Marietta.”