The Tale of the Good Little Goblin

The *Tale of the Good Little Goblin* (or *Gabo, the Good Little Goblin*) is a fairy tale that became hugely popular among bards in EY 1276. It is the tale of a small girl lost in the woods that is saved by a brave, but spectacularly ugly, little goblin named Gabo.

in EY 1278, a goblin fighter named Gabolance became accredited by the Ellurian Adventurer's Guild and is believed by many (including himself) to be the Gabo from the tale.**The Tale Of The Good Little Goblin**

*By Grace Nobliss*

Long ago in a small village, there lived a little girl who loved to explore. She loved to explore and play in the forest nearby.

One day as the little girl was playing in the forest, she left the path and became lost. She tried to find her way home but the more she looked, the more lost she became. She eventually found some wolves and asked them if they knew the way to the village. The wolves grinned at her, showing huge smiles full of razor sharp teeth. "Of course, my dear, we know the way. Follow us."

As they walked, the trees became bigger and the forest grew deeper. The road turned into a path, then a game trail, and then they were pushing their way through the brush. This didn't look right at all to the little girl.

"Where are you taking me?" she asked.

"Why, to dinner, of course", replied the largest Wolf. "We have a lovely meal planned. And you are our... 'Guest of honor.'" The wolf licked his lips, and the little girl began to tremble in fear. She screamed and ran, and the wolves chased after her, laughing and nipping at her heels.

As she ran, she saw the ground rise up on either side of her. She was running into a gulch, into a dead end. The wolves, knowing their prey was caught yipped and howled with delight.

But as the wolves got closer, they heard a tiny voice call out from the bushes. "Run, for you face the fury of Gabo!"

Concerned and a bit frightened, the wolves began to back away, when suddenly a figure stepped out of the bushes. Instead of a mighty knight, they faced a goblin! Like those of his kind, he was small and twisted, with an enormous nose covered with warts. His ears were long and hairy, and his teeth were pointy and sharp, like the wolves. His skin was the green of swamp grass, and he smelled almost as bad as he looked. he wore tattered leather armor, and carried a little boy's toy wooden shield and sword.

The wolves snarled at Gabo. "Try to ruin our fun, do you?" said the lead wolf, as he pounced at Gabo, ready to tear his throat out.

But little Gabo was as brave as he was ugly. With a wink and a cheer, he nimbly jumped over the head of the wolf, and gave it a big thwack on its rear end with his wooden sword. Enraged, the wolf turned and snarled at little Gabo, who responded by bonking the wolf square in the nose with his mighty toy wooden sword!

The other wolves, seeing their leader humiliated, decided to run away before Gabo came after them. And the lead wolf, seeing he was alone, ran after them. "I'll get you one day, Gabo", he snarled before he disappeared into the brush.

With the wolves gone, Gabo walked over to the little girl and held out his hand. With a smile, her told her "Fear not, for i am a good goblin." The little girl was frightened, but he had saved her from the wolves. With no other choice, she grabbed his hand and told Gabo she was lost and didn't know her way home. Gabo, still with a smile, told her, "I know the way, I'll take you home, fair maiden!"

As they walked, Gabo told the little girl he was a good goblin who lived in this forest and protected travelers and helped them if they were lost. After a little time passed, Gabo as promised, led the little girl to the village. The girl  asked if he wanted to come to the village. Gabo told her he wished he could but the village might be afraid of him and he didn't want to scare them. The little girl understood and bid the good little goblin farewell.

Days passed and the little girl told the whole village about Gabo the good goblin. The village did not believe the little girl no matter how much she told them. Then one day as the little girl was playing in the village when she could see Gabo running to the village the guard at the gate stopped him. Gabo told the guard that a big mean goblin was coming and he didn't want anyone to get hurt so he ran as fast as he could to help the village. The guard did not believe Gabo until the little girl ran up and told the guard that Gabo was the good goblin he told everyone about. The guard taking the little girl's word listened to Gabo. Gabo told the guard that he would fight the big mean goblin and told the guard to just keep everyone safe in case he lost. Gabo waited and as Gabo said a big mean goblin appeared.

The big mean goblin laughed and shouted that this village would be his. Gabo shouted back that he was Gabo the Good little goblin and he would protect this village. The big mean goblin laughed and mocked Gabo for being so small. Gabo charged the Big mean goblin and hit him with his wooden sword and hit the big mean goblin on the head. The big mean goblin hurt by Gabos attack began to cry and ran away. Gabo shouted to the big mean goblin to never come back because this village is under the protection of the good little goblin. The town All came out hearing the shouts came out to see what happened the guard seeing it all told the story of what happened. The town heard it all cheered and praised the good little goblin and with that the village accepted Gabo as their hero and Gabo and the little girl laughed and played every day.

And with that Gabo and the little girl lived happily ever after.

The End