The North Pole Police found Jolly the Elf hiding underneath a snow-covered tarp behind the old toy factory.

At the precinct they asked him repeatedly, “Why did you do it?”

Looking down at his blood-stained crakows, Jolly finally said, “Why should he get to have all the milk and cookies?”

Ran Walker is the award-winning author of 17 books, including Portable Black Magic: Tales of the Afro Strange. He teaches creative writing at Hampton University in Virginia.