Elsa Maartman Beskow

"A large, orange egg has fallen into the wood. 'It's an egg!' decides the elf. Soon, she and her friends find out what it really is; but not before the sun egg is lost and the elf begins one of the best adventures she ever had"--P. [4] of cover.

Recounts in verse the adventures of a family of small forest people throughout the four seasons.