Goblin Tales (2011)
“He can peek around a corner, catch an arrow in the ear, or be chewed up by a dragon he just happened to offend; there are nine and ninety ways a goblin hero meets his end.
-From the song "99 Deaths of the Goblin Hero" Jig had muck duty again.
His shoulder ached from hauling the muck pot around as he scooped gobs of green sludge into shallow indentations in the stone floor. So far, he had made it through his duties without splashing himself. Even the unlit muck blistered skin in a ma...tter of seconds. When burning, the yellow and green flames were almost impossible to extinguish, which was why the goblins used the stuff in the first place. Unlike most muck-workers, Jig had survived several years with his skin and lungs intact.
Maybe that was why he was the only goblin his age who still got stuck with muck duty. More likely, it was because he was too scrawny and nearsighted to do anything else. And with cloudlings taking over the upper tunnels, the chief wanted twice as many lights, which meant twice as much time filling the fire bowls.MoreLess
-From the song "99 Deaths of the Goblin Hero" Jig had muck duty again.
His shoulder ached from hauling the muck pot around as he scooped gobs of green sludge into shallow indentations in the stone floor. So far, he had made it through his duties without splashing himself. Even the unlit muck blistered skin in a ma...tter of seconds. When burning, the yellow and green flames were almost impossible to extinguish, which was why the goblins used the stuff in the first place. Unlike most muck-workers, Jig had survived several years with his skin and lungs intact.
Maybe that was why he was the only goblin his age who still got stuck with muck duty. More likely, it was because he was too scrawny and nearsighted to do anything else. And with cloudlings taking over the upper tunnels, the chief wanted twice as many lights, which meant twice as much time filling the fire bowls.MoreLess
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