there’s a tree at lake harriet with a hollowed out base where a friendly elf lives and answers letters using only lower-case letters because “capitals are too big”. his name is thom, and if you leave him a letter, he promises to write you back.
mr. little guy's tree
mr. little guy's front door
we really wanted kp to get a letter from mr. little guy, so we helped her leave a picture of herself for thom.
kp looks a little bit drunk.
on the back, we helped her write a note.
kp's note to thom
we came back just a couple days later and found that thom had already left an answer for kp.
searching for kp's note.
kp with her note from thom.
my favorite part about mr. little guy is that he always ends every letter he writes with the words “i believe in you”. i can’t think of anything else i’d rather hear from an elf.
i believe in you
have you ever left a note for mr. little guy?
notes:
1. alta lucia is one of the most beautiful names i’ve ever heard. especially for an elf. but also humans.
2. do not start googling unless you want to uncover mr. little guy’s secrets.
