Last year we decided to start a new holiday tradition. We decided to get an "Elf on the Shelf". We brought our elf home, named him Frank, and read the book that accompanied him. The book explained that Frank is a scout elf, this means that he watches the children during the day, then he reports to Santa at night, reappearing in a different spot around your house every morning. Certain rules have to be followed in order for Frank to keep his magic strong, no touching being the biggest. The problem is we got a defective elf, every morning Laura wakes up and hunts for him, but he isn't always in a new spot. To make matters worse twice Laura has woken up and confirmed Frank was in the same spot, then left the room. When she returned Frank had moved to a new place, never very far from the original spot though. The only "reasonable" explanation for this is that Frank the elf has been falling asleep on the job, and not reporting to Santa during the night like his job description states he should. Then when Laura wakes him up early in the morning he waits til she leaves then quickly sneaks to a new position. I'm considering writ ting a strong worded letter to Santa reporting Frank for dereliction of duties.
Funny, must be a common thing with these lazy scout elves. Our elf Magic has been known to shirk his duties as well. Santa should def be informed.
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