JLE#22: Reading notes for Goblin Story, Part A

 Goblin Story Reading Notes

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The King in this story is attempting to reach the Monk who kept giving him gifts in the form of fruits.  In order for him to do that he must carry a body hanging from a tree to the monk.  The body is overtaken by a goblin who questions the king and if he knows the answer to his questions the goblin will go back to the tree where the King took him down from.  If the King knows the answer to his question, but does not tell the truth, the King's head will explode!


Interesting story all together.  There is potential for writing some crazy story with this information for sure.  Maybe even consider writing in Sinbad for an appearance since it seems like a crazy experience.  I like how in this specific story there are three options for the King to choose from (usually three options in most of the stories the goblin tells him).  The King once again answered correctly so the goblin got off his shoulder and went back to the tree.  The girl in the story perhaps did not belong to any of the men who saved her?  interesting twist that could be added.





Story source: Twenty-Two Goblins, translated by Arthur W. Ryder, with illustrations by Perham W. Nahl (1917). 

Story: The Brave Man, the Wise Man, and the Clever Man. To which should the girl be given?

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