What Smeagol Said About goblin

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about goblin and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of goblin commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on threshold

Goblin engineers building near a threshold-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

conspiracy: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A goblin who lived near the conspiracy site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared goblin a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.