tailieunhanh - The Littlest Goblin

Here's a look at "The Littlest Goblin," one of the pieces from Will Kenyon's eBook collections of short stories. The collections are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble online, the iBook store, and wherever eBooks are sold. | THE LITTLEST GOBLIN WILL KENYON In the grandest Goblin style the Goblins of Old Norcrost held their convocation. Whereas Men and Elves built majestic stadiums from gleaming rocks open to the sun with intricate larger-than-life renditions of their heroes carved from marble or sculpted in copper silver and gold the Goblins dug their stadiums out under the mountains deep and dark with rough-hewn moss-covered rocks for seats and stands and life-sized but exaggerated likenesses of their heroes carved from sandstone and granite. Whereas Men and Elves came to their meetings - spiritual political communal - with an air of soberness and grace the Goblins assembled with crashes bangs shouts and harsh language. They laughed trampled got drunk and occasionally killed each other. It didn t matter who killed whom. All was forgotten and forgiven by those still alive to forget and forgive right after. This convocation was no different. After an hour or so that bordered on riot the acting leader of the Goblins Jark - Seneschal of his most Flatulent the King of the Goblins Gorg - took his place at the top of the dais hewn at the north end of the Pit. He raised his spindly wart-covered arms. Silence you mongrels he howled. His face glowed orange in the torchlight and in the bonfires that raged in spots around the vast space. The light flickered and illuminated his face with its narrow slitted eyes its wart-covered forehead and its wide toothy mouth the same as it reflected a sinister gleam in each eye of every onlooker in the stadium. Quiet you pigs asses he screamed again. There was silence for a moment then another burst of catcalls screeches and laughter. This is important you little shits This is about the king The king is dying and you re all laughing like it doesn t matter. He might be dead already - I haven t checked. Is he dead already No Good. Then listen up you wee bitty fucks. The king is gonna die and we know how to save him. It s important to save the king. You remember