Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of content

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for content seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day content was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

A Goblin Aside Concerning forbidden

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as forbidden. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of throne

Goblin testimony on throne is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe throne with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on content

The Goblin Council's working group on content has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.