 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.  The Folk-lore Readers: Book One - Page 89by Eulalie Osgood Grover - 1905 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip Smith - Juvenile Fiction - 1992 - 100 pages
...toadstool?" Loud he lamented. — And that's how umbrellas, First were invented. — OLIVER HERFORD The Little Elf I met a little Elfman once, Down where...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!" — JOHN KENDRICK BANGS The Fairies... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...screams. (1. 43-45) AmPP; BPo; LiTM; NAAL-2; PoE; PPP JOHN KENDRICK BANGS (1862-1922) The Little Elf 1 nd may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though (1. 1-4) Babylon Revisited 3 the great witch of euro-american legend who sucked the life from some... | |
 | Betty M. Adelson - History - 2005 - 482 pages
...elf-man once, Down where the lilies blow — / asked him why he was so short And why he didn 'tgrow. 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. "' he audacious elf who first appeared in this poem approximately... | |
 | Cooper Edens - Juvenile Fiction - 2006 - 132 pages
...again. And Chicken Little never told the King the sky was falling. The Elfman BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS I met a little Elfman once, Down where the lilies...with his eye, He looked me through and through, "I'm just as big for me," said he, "As you are big for you!" Little Lord Fauntleroy BY FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT... | |
 | Bill Swan - Juvenile Fiction - 2005 - 128 pages
...it." She screwed up her right cheek and squinted. This helped her memory, for she began to recite: "/ met a little Elfman 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 just as... | |
 | Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 134 pages
...Down from her dainty head The Lily Princess lightly drops A spider's airy thread. THE LITTLE ELFMAN I met a little elfman once, Down where the lilies...his eye He looked me through and through — "I'm just as big for me," said he, "As you are big for you !" John Kendrick Bangs : GOOD MORNING, MERRY... | |
 | Education - 1920 - 392 pages
...attendance and school housing are other subjects which will receive the staff's attention at early dates. THE LITTLE ELF. I met a little Elf-man once, Down...me through and through. "I'm quite as big for me," said he, "As you are big for you." — John Kendrick Bangs. — Placement service for teachers has... | |
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