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“Ok, I need to know, which do you prefer, a sunrise or a sunset?” The question was odd, who was this guy? Hadn't we just met? I pretended to ponder on it carefully and tried to look very sage. To choose one was to decide which of my appendages I preferred My arm was a chosen favorite so should I leave my leg deferred? The elf was insistent. I said I didn’t care, I shrugged my shoulder and he almost fell off. I started to laugh at him but instead I just gave a bit of a cough. The little guy looked up at me and I tried my best not to smile at him. He looked impatient and I sighed and thought about the puzzle again I suppose I preferred sunset because it always got a lot of attention. The elf nodded slowly. I made a decision and I said that sunrise was good because It meant the start of a new chance and then I gave a pause. The little guy looked impatient I sighed again and he said, “Do you really have to do that? Answer my question, hurry up.” I looked at him and thought about producing one good hiccup. The elf glared at me. “Aren’t you supposed to be on the front of a cereal carton?” His face turned red and I decided to pay more attention. “Sunset is good because it means that soon there will be a new day Although it depends on when you ask me this question, you see What if tomorrow doesn’t come, then sunset would have to be…” The elf was losing patience. “Are you hungry? My neighbors brought some food from next door.” He didn’t bite and he definitely wasn’t interested in eating a S’more. He didn’t like it when I said I usually slept through most sunrises. He told me I had only a minute left and then I would be sorry I joked. He stomped his foot, pulled a pipe out of his pocket and then smoked. The elf had a mean look. “Ok, I pick sunrise are you happy?” I wondered if he’d leave The elf puffed on his pipe, “You’re just trying to get rid of me.” The smoke entered one of my nostrils and I tried to suppress it. With one giant sneeze the tiny elf’s body went head over heels He landed on one of the brownies in a plate with a few squeals. The elf was still. “Eat your way out of there, I have got to get some sleep tonight. I’m sure you’re just a bad dream.” I started to turn off the light But I’d left the TV on and Fiddler on the Roof was playing that song, “Sunrise, Sunset”. I decided it was too coincidental. I got the plate. And I grabbed a brownie. “I love it when my neighbors cook this late.” The elf just held on.
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