Ernest Elf (1)
Ernest Elf put on his jacket and straightened his tie. Another day on the telly, reading the news. He scooped on his big black wig that covered his pointy ears. Until now no one knew he was an elf. He had a problem. If word got out that he wasn´t human he would probably lose human privileges and worse of all he would probably lose his job. The real problem was that the one person who knew he was an elf was better at spreading stories than any known newspaper. She was lethal. Little Laura Long was a little woman with long reach into the public. She was almost 92 years old but it didn´t stop her getting out and about.
It all started the day her cat got stuck up a tree. He watched the drama from his kitchen window. She was trying to persuade old Jim Young to climb up and bring it down. He actually got close to the cat . Then the evil thing scratched him and he came tumbling down. Ernest thought for a moment that he should go out and help. However, previous experience with old Laura Long told him to stay put. She was cursing and crying over poor old Jim Young who was desperately trying to get up off the ground. Ernest calmly rang for an ambulance. Then he sat down to watch the drama unfold.