Of the stories that the goblin told in this section, two of them ended up being interesting to me.
The first was "The Girl and the Thief", which was about the beautiful daughter of a merchant who refused all men, turning down the greatest merchants and even kings who asked for her hand in marriage. A brilliant thief had been steadily robbing a great many of the citizens, and the king himself descended to find him and bring him down. The king pretended to be a thief himself, and was invited into the thief's abode. However, the serving-maid warned the king of the danger he was in, and he fled and returned with his army to surround the thief's house. The thief, when surrounded, came out and fought, slaying all of the king's men before finally being bested by the king himself. When the man was to be executed, the merchant's beautiful daughter fell madly in love with him, and intended to kill herself after he was executed, until a god returned the thief to life for her dedication to the man she wanted to be her husband.
The second was "The Four Brothers", where four brothers ended up repeatedly down on their luck, until they finally decided to all head in different directions and learn a science. The first learned how to put flesh on bones. The second learned how to put skin and hair on flesh. The third learned to create all of the organs. And the fourth learned to bring things to life. Once the fourth brother brought it to life, it killed them all and fled into the woods. The fault of the deaths was placed upon the head of the fourth brother, who had to know full-well that what he would bring to life was a lion.
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Story Source: "The Girl and the Thief" by Arthur W. Ryder
Story Source: "The Four Brothers" by Arthur W. Ryder
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