Bogger's Doll

Bogger the Elf

Likes making dolls

When the elves

Were learning
Their toy-making skills

Bogger was assigned

To the trucks

And the cars

And other things

That Timothy the Head of Production

Classified as “Toys for Boys”

Blogger raised his hand

And explained to Timothy

That all kinds of children

Love cars and trucks

Not just boys

Timothy rolled his eyes

And told Bogger

To get on the line

And start assembling wheels

And painting petite car doors

And hoods

And polishing little mirrors

But Bogger asked

If he could join
The doll line instead

“Bogger,” said Timothy,

“You are a boy elf

So you make boys toys

And dolls are for girls

So we have the girl elves

Making them”

Timothy held up a doll

With pretty blonde curly hair

And said--

“The easiest way to remember

Is curls are for girls

And cars are for Lars”

Timothy was thinking of Lars in Sweden

The world’s most famous

Car-loving boy

Bogger found this argument

Very confusing

But he didn’t want to break

Timothy’s rules

So he took his place

On the car and truck line

And soon, it was clear

That he had no talent

For toy automobiles

There would always wind up

Being too few wheels

Or too many

And when a truck came down the line

With the windshield wipers

On the back fender

Timothy called for a meeting

With his most troublesome elf

“Bogger,” he said, “Do you feel hate

Making cars and trucks THAT much?”

Blogger thought this over

And then said--

“No, it’s not that I hate making

Cars and trucks

I don’t hate making any toys

For children

I just like the idea of making dolls

So much more”

Well, that settled it

Timothy the Head of Production

Remembered when he was a young

Toy-making elf

And all he wanted to make

Was puzzles

But he had been put

On the board game line

When Tom-Tom the Head Elf

Saw how unhappy he was

He let Timothy switch to jigsaws

And soon, he was the happiest elf

In the toy shop

Timothy realized

It wasn’t his place

To tell an elf

What kind of toys to make

Or who those toys

Should be for

He sent Bogger

To work on the doll line

And soon

The dolls coming down

The conveyor belt

Were the most beautiful

That any of the elves

Had ever seen

Even Santa remarked

On the high quality

As he loaded his sacks
Into the sleigh that year

For his Christmas ride

“Who’s making all these

Lovely dollars,” asked Santa

As he pulled in

The last bag

“Bogger,” said Timothy

Santa almost fell

Out of his sleigh

“A boy elf made these dolls,” he asked

Timothy nodded

And Santa grinned

“That’s wonderful,” Santa said,

“Tell him he did a very good job”

Then Santa flew off

And Timothy walked back

To his cabin

Holding the doll

Bogger had surprised him with

Earlier that night

It was a miniature version

Of Timothy himself

And it had the most beautiful smile

Painted on its face

The smile made Timothy smile

And he kept on smiling

All the way home