“The Elves’ Gift: The Veritable Narrative of Thomas Graspen,” by Arthur Crosby, St. Nicholas, vol. 1, no. 3, Jan. 1874. The king of a very local community of little people that are called both elves and fairies at different points in the story intercepts a boy on his walk home and brings the boy to his beautiful throne room embedded in a snowbank. A group of royal subjects present the boy with a gift of an exquisite sled, but withdraw the offer in anger when he is selfishly dissatisfied with it. (Internet Archive)