Goblin spring

Baby Goblin woke up with light in his face. He looked around. All his brothers had left for work early in the morning. He heard Mother Goblin and Father Goblin small talking. In a dark corner Pig Goblin was asleep, snoring.

Baby Goblin stood up and followed the light. He noticed that there was something special today. He opened the door. A mixture of warm and cool air greeted him. The sun was shining. The birds were singing. Baby Goblin leaped inside.

-Pig Goblin! Wake up! It is spring time! It is spring time! He shook the lazy pig.

The animal went into an extra powerful snore and clucked out loud.

-You must wake up and come with me outside. It is spring time!

The pig breathed heavily. -Spring time, he grunted.

-Yes, spring time! Come on, come out with me!

Pig Goblin got up, very heavily and waddled slowly. Baby Goblin ran along the path while the pig stumbled behind as best as he could.

-Do you know what I would like to do today, Baby Goblin said.

-No, Pig Goblin replied and breathed.

-I would like to see the little lad in the house.

-The little lad...but we are not allowed to do that, Pig Goblin said and looked anxious up on Baby Goblin.

-Nooo, but we will just look. And we can hide ourselves in the forest.

-Would you go completely down to the edge of the forest? But that is dangerous!

-Not if we are quiet and hide ourselves.

The pig got quiet. He had a deep wrinkle over his eyes. The sun rays were playing around them. The birds were singing an encouraged tune to them.

-Come on, let us go, Baby Goblin said and ran.

The pig looked at him. -Wait, he cried. -Do not run away from me.

The silent room

-Dad?

It came suddenly from the floor below. The little one was awake. I excused myself with a smile to my wife, dropped my knife and fork and went down the stairs.

He sat upright in bed and rubbed his eyes. His teddy bear beside him was still sleeping.

-Hey, are you awake, I asked.

-Are you at home, he asked.

-Yes, now I`m home.

I laid down beside him. He laid himself into my arm. We were lying quiet like this for a while. Then he took a deep breath.

-Have you been at work for a long time, he asked.

He had already learned this polite forest conversation.

-Yes, I replied. -But now I`m home.

-Mm, he said.

Then it was quiet again, in this gloom nursery. It kinda lived it`s own life, this room. It was as if it breathed just as quiet and peaceful. Together with the boy. And the teddy bear.

The boy took a deep breath again.

-Can you tell a story about The Little Goblin, he asked.

Late dinner

I pedaled past some neighboring houses inside the forest. One of the neighbors had made a snowball light. It was blinking happily in front of the house. I swung up to our house.

It was quiet there. The little one was already sleeping in his bed. I took off all my clothing and sweat soaked underwear, and found something new and dry.

-Hi, I heard from my wife in the living room. -There is some dinner on the table.

I went inside. She sat at the table. I sat down and found some cold sausages and potatoes on the plate.

-How was work today, she asked.

-As usually, I responded. I noted how the sausages and potatoes made my hungry stomach better. I looked up at her and laid down the fork and knife.

-Well, actually I`m quite tired about the whole thing. I would very much like to do something else.

-Like what, she asked.

-I don`t know. Something that could give me some more. Like hiking in the woods, making important thoughts...

-Like having some time off, you mean?

-No, but have more freedom to develop something which we don`t know for sure what we can earn from.

-Yeah, she said and looked into the air. -You haven`t asked me about how I`ve had my work today.

-No, how have you been?

-You never ask me that.

-Sure I do...

-No, never, she said. -But anyway. I have something to tell you. I just have to quit my own job. I can`t manage this no more. I`m completely worn out. I just have to quit, or I´ll become seriously ill.

I watched her.

-What?

-Yes, so it is.

-But...what about our economy?

-Yeah, what about it? She looked into my face.

-We can`t pay the loan and everything with only one revenue, I said.

-We just have to make it. The most important thing is that you got a wife who has her health in order. And I will use my time to look for something else in the long term, she said.

I looked down at the plate. Some potatoes and half of a sausage were left on it.