Baby Goblin leaped
easily along the forest trail. He jumped over some three trunks. Ducked under
some twigs. Pig Goblin breathed heavily while his short legs trotted behind.
Baby Goblin slowed
down.
-Look, he whispered
happily. –There is his house.
The two sat down
behind some bushes and peered down the house at the forest edge. The house was
quiet down there. No human being was to see.
Pig Goblin coughed his
throat as quiet as he could.
-Maybe they are not at
home, he whispered with a muddy voice.
-Sure, we just have to
wait a little, Baby Goblin said.
-But....what if some
human beings came. It would be dangerous. If so, they would certainly try to
catch us. Maybe Mother Goblin and Father Goblin want us to go back now. Maybe
we should go now...
-Ssshhh, Baby Goblin
said.
They listened intently
and stared down the house.
Then the door latch
went down slowly. And the door opened up. First, a man came out. Then a woman.
-Oh, God help us! They
are so large, Pig Goblin whispered and trembled.
-L...look, Baby Goblin
whispered.
Behind the two adults,
a boy came out. He was dressed in a jacket with many colors. On his head he had
a blue cap.
-It...it is the Little
Lad in the house, Baby Goblin piped. H-hi, hi, Little Lad, Hiiii....
Baby had risen above
the bushes and started waving with his hand.
-What are you doing,
Pig Goblin hissed. He tossed over Baby Goblin and tored him down behind the
bushes. –You must not do so. Tehy can see us! You must not do!
They heard a sound.
And then something cruised out from a smaller house.
-Look, Baby Goblin
shouted elated. –It is an automobile! The Little Lad is sitting inside an
automobile! And now he will certainly travel to the gardenkinder!
Stone and gravel
crunched under the wheels as they cruised away from the house.
Baby Goblin threw
himself up.
-I want to see the
gardenkinder, he cried.
-No! No, are you
crazy? No we have to go home, Pig Goblin wheezed.
-No, I want to see the
gardenkinder! Baby Goblin looked defiant down on Pig Goblin. Then he turned and
ran away.
