Allegory of allegories

Have you ever noticed that if someone makes point using allegory, people hardly ever disagree with it? Like as if because a message is in an allegory it must be true, even if it's really not? And have you also noticed that sometimes people write rubbish allegorical stories but no ever criticises them - like as if having a worthy message makes a story good even if it clearly isn't?

Anyway, here is a little story I wrote...

There was once a group of elves who so loved to make ice-cream they would get together each week to enjoy each other’s creations and swap tips and recipes. It was brilliant. They learned to add delicious ingredients like chocolate bars, fruits, and even cake to the mix and make even yummier ice-cream.

Then a new ice-cream-making elf came along. She was very healthy. In fact, she seemed to think she was the healthiest elf in Elf World. Her recipes contained ingredients that she believed would enhance everyone's health, like grass and sprouts.

Needless to say, her ice-creams were puke. But no one ever felt like they could mention this fact because they were healthy and therefore beyond criticism. The elves didn’t even dare bring up the fact that it could be disputed whether grass is actually a healthy thing to eat at all.

Eventually they all stopped going because they didn’t want to eat her minging ice-cream. And that is the end of the story.

And now everyone has to leave comments saying that this is a brilliant story (even though it is one of the stupidest things you ever read) and that, yes, it’s true that allegories can be rubbish, because it is written in an allegory.

Oh yeah, and here is a smug grin :-)