ped down from off his back, "if you are going to play such

itting down on the grass with his back

ught it was Gobobbles,"

g care of himself. You see, he's wanted for Christmas, but why anybody should want him to eat is more

, came from behind the wall against which the Goblin was leaning

ered Davy to the Gob

imself up, and I suppose it's sleeping on the ground that makes him sneeze. Let's

n, with a great leathern belt about his waist and enormous boots, and Davy thought he looked terribly ferocious. On the grass beside him lay a huge club, thickly studded at one end with great iron knobs; but Davy noticed,

t the grating for a moment, the Goblin shrieked: "He's making poetry!" and, throw

ed Davy, in terror. "

tinuing his kicking and looking ver

not like being laughed a

ISTEN T

" said the Goblin, staring

giant who doesn't like what's goi

g with his head toward the giant. "He's too old. Why, I must have know

ything?" said

e pushed open the grating and passed through, with Davy following tremblingly at his

ee hundred an

with the de

pick up and vo

ittle boys

m raw, in thei

them currie

baked, in their

them excee

jaws are too wea

t exceedi

ing, when I'm q

do not like

tentedly liv

o do noth

he time I can sp

t slumber-

er upon his side, and w

ing with it upon the giant's head, "you see, he's quite weak h

Gobobbles go by like a flash, with a crowd of people armed with pitchforks in hot pursuit. Gobobbles was going in fine style, bounding over the hedges and stone-walls like a kangaroo, and thumping vigorously

you?" he said, addre

giant of the e

educated, and I n

es of etiquette you d

to races while a

was drowsy, for m

tration of a peac

t have waited till

ounding, with a s

ll argue that our

at little boys have

entitled, on the

much politeness

ed at having these severe

" he said earnestly,

red savagely at the G

n directed at the o

thumping on my pe

ation, you will fi

ch politeness from a

said the Goblin, flip

hen, with a sickly smile, murmured, "Good-

ere dancing around a large white object lying on the ground. Davy pushed his way eagerly through the crowd, expecting to see Gobobbles; but the

perfectly amazed, "I though

world things very often turn out to be different from what they would have be

dull pinkish color, and then disappeared altogether. Davy looked about him, and found that the Co

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