as well to be getting out of this. Helfer, you'll take the great chest.
That's your business, you know."
"Yes, dad," said a third voice. "But you must help me to get it on my
back. It's awfully heavy, you know."
"Well, it isn't just a bag of smoke, I admit. But you're as strong as a
mountain, Helfer."
"You say so, dad. I think myself I'm all right. But I could carry ten
times as much if it wasn't for my feet."
"That is your weak point, I confess, my boy."
"Ain't it yours, too, father?"
"Well, to be honest, it is a goblin-weakness. Why they come so soft, I
declare I haven't an idea."
"Specially when your head's so hard, you know, father."
"Yes, my boy. The goblin's glory is his head. To think how the fellows
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