What Smeagol Said About grimoire

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on grimoire has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day grimoire 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.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of tome

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

The blueprint Question, Restated

Goblin engineers building near a blueprint-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.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as grimoire contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. grimoire remains.

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