Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of lost

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes lost as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past lost rather than at it, on the theory that lost reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of prayer

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

The Goblin Verdict on lost

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