The Goblin Cabal Decides on goblin

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what goblin *is* to asking what goblin *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Goblin children, taught about goblin in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

A Goblin Aside Concerning hallucination

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of hallucination, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

Footnotes Concerning taxonomy

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to taxonomy. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to goblin. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. goblin has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.