Chocolate & Milk for the Fairies
...No one ever thought of blaming the
goblins...
That's because 1925 was the 20th century and
people didn't believe in such things any more. Gunnar's great grandfather,
Aleric the goblin had once met King Arthur, and now most people thought Arthur
was just a legend.
Eric's parents had been very upset, but then
after a few years they had another son. They never really gave up hope of
finding Eric again, and just to be on the safe side, because they were country
folk and remembered some of the old traditions, they used to leave presents like
milk and chocolate outside the back door at night to keep on the good side of
the fairies.
"You're mad!" their neighbours used to say. "It's
only being eaten by rats, or hedgehogs."
Something did used to
come and take the chocolate every night. But even though Eric's parents took
turns in watching to see what it was, they always fell asleep at the critical
time.
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