exist at all. Why do we not destroy them entirely, and use their cattle
and grazing lands at our pleasure? Of course, we don't want to live in
their horrid country! It is far too glaring for our quieter and more
refined tastes. But we might use it for a sort of outhouse, you know.
Even our creatures' eyes might get used to it, and if they did grow
blind, that would be of no consequence, provided they grew fat as well.
But we might even keep their great cows and other creatures, and then
we
should have a few more luxuries, such as cream and cheese, which at
present we only taste occasionally, when our brave men have
succeeded in
carrying some off from their farms."
"It is worth thinking of," said the king; "and I don't know why you
should be the first to suggest it, except that you have a positive
genius for conquest. But still, as you say, there is something very
troublesome about them; and it would be better, as I understand you
to
suggest, that we should starve him for a day or two first, so that he
may be a little less frisky when we take him out."
"Once there was a goblin
Living in a hole;
Madhuri Noah
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