In the Spirit of Mischief, Part II

Last blog I mentioned the dreaded “Coffee Imp“. Well, it seems I’ve discovered another gremlin-like creature. Read on to find out more.

You wear your slippers or sandals in the house, and when you sit down you pull your feet out of them and direct your attention elsewhere, such as to the news, your reading, your writing. Absorbed by whatever holds your focus, you don’t notice when the little bugger creeps out of nowhere, plays its little prank and slips back into hiding. So when you stand up, say, to answer the door or to respond to the cat demanding he be fed*, and lower your feet into the shoes you left there–only to find they’ve been switched. Maybe they’re backwards, left for right, right for left. Or they got turned around 180. Or flipped one on top of the other. If you’re lucky, you looked down and caught the prank before you tripped on them.

When this has happened to you, know you’ve been the victim of the Sandalius grigus, AKA “The Slipper Sprite”.

Not the Slipper Sprite, but so darn cute! I’m not affiliated with the artist, but you can click the picture to link to her Etsy site and get one of your own.

They aren’t malevolent, just incredibly cheeky. Also, they are not to be confused with the elves who actually make the shoes.

GET SOME READING GOODIES