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What Can You Learn From the Legend of the Sweet Tooth Elves?
Directly beyond reality, a small kingdom of Elves lives with the neverending pursuit of all things sweet. Learn what happens when Uncle Jeffy Pleasant puts the village on a crash diet.
A proud kingdom of Sweet Tooth Elves resides in the far corner of the Keynesian forest. The Sweet Tooth Elves aren't like your typical elf kingdom. They have never heard of Christmas, lack magical powers, and in addition to pointed ears, they all have an incredibly heightened sense of taste. In a blind taste test, Sweet Tooth Elves can accurately identify all the spices used in nearly every dish they eat.
And the Sweet Tooth Elves love their food. They pride themselves on having an extensive palate and cooking flavorful meals on par with what we humans consider Michelin-rated chefs. Beyond all other foods, the most prized flavor among Sweet Tooth Elves is sweetness. However, they have their word for sweetness, suavistre. And the best source for suavistre is suava, similar to our sugar.
The literal translation for suavistre in English is "life-power." Sweet Tooth Elves receive a share of the suava supply depending on how hard they work, who they are friends with, and how honest or conniving…
