Marry Up! by John Leslie Hart
Deathly afraid of intimate relationships, Farmer Og cannot bring himself to court the woman he loves. When he admits to a passing psychiatrist that he saw an elf, the psychiatrist tells him it is actually his inner child trying to help him get married. “Listen to it,” he says. After the psychiatrist leaves, townspeople twist his advice for their own amusement. Og’s sincerity at wanting […]