An Elvocentric Habitat

Consider the ecosystem of Elves, for example. Theirs is a complex community of many different organisms in conjunction with their environment, functioning as an ecological unit. It should not be subjected to ecoterrorism, yet man, in the name of progress, sabotages these fragile communities with activities that are considered dangerous to the environment of elves and other co-dependent organisms.

Whenever we hear the word elf we automatically think of a tiny, happy, smiling, pixie-like creature, clad from head to toe in red and green, living at the North Pole with Santa. There are Santa Elves and the North Pole is certainly a rich habitat but there are other habitats and different species of elves just as there are different races of humans.

There are Tree Elves, Dryad Elves, Runner Elves and Ice Elves; Green, Yellow, Brown and Red Elves. These last four are dependent upon the type of forest community in which they are found. Elves belong to the Vegetable Kingdom and each species comes from different types of plants, the plant's size determining the size of the elf.

Red Elves are identified with ferns and primitive forests. Brown Elves derive from deciduous temperate forests, while Yellow Elves spring from tropical jungles. Green Elves are native to coniferous forests.

Forest Elves appear slight of frame. They are quick, intelligent beings who live in complete harmony with their environment. They are meticulous caretakes of the forest, always ready to clear up an outbreak of aphids or quell the onslaught of human loggers, land-clearing farmers and real estate developers. Many habitats remain intact because of nature's smallest environmentalists.

But, what about the habitats of the elves when they are met with human incursions? Their very special ecosystems are in grave danger, for they have no one to speak for them against big business. I ask you--Should supernatural beings have a standing before the law? DO elves have rights?

Percival and Ellie Elf are but one elf family whose very existence is in danger, for their home sits in the middle of a piece of land being cleared for a country spa.

Percival and Ellie have lived in the Coastal Redwood Forest of northern California for more years than they can remember. Here with their cousin, Eru, one of the elves in Tolkien's The Silmarillion, their lives have always been in balanced harmony with nature. Every living thing in the forest knows and respects Percival and Ellie. Ellie has done much good in the small coastal towns and has restocked many an empty larder for loggers who work long hours felling Redwood Trees from which expensive furniture is made.

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