years ago a young mother would walk around lake harriet with her friends in the city of lakes. being the clever woman she was, she mentioned to her husband that it would make a most wonderful place for a little elf door. he made the little door on a lovely spring afternoon and installed it at the lake to commemorate the first birthday of their daughter, alta lucia. it was a little wooden door, complete with brass hinges and a lion’s head door knocker. soon people small and big began leaving notes and the lake harriet elf answered them all. for 25 years mr. little guy has answered thousands of letters, each ending in “i believe in you.”