Goblin Folklore and the Mystery of silence

The goblins promised me that if I wrote this article about silence, they would return my left sock. They have not, yet, but I remain hopeful.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on silence, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

tome: Goblin Fragmentary Material

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about tome requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to tome only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of atlas

Goblin children, when introduced to atlas, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

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