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Authors: T Kingfisher

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“Sarge!”

“Sarge!”

“Sarge, the bear says—”

“Sarge, I get to take Wiggles back to
Goblinhome, right?”

“I’ve been checking our maps, Sarge, against
the elven ones, and our route takes us past a couple of human
villages—”

“Sarge, Mishkin hit me!”

“Mushkin hit me first, Sarge!”

“I can’t leave Wiggles, Sarge! He’ll
pine!”

“—and I was hoping we might be able to
purchase a couple of lenses for the looky-tube thing—”

“He took my zucchini!”

“It was my zucchini first!”

Nessilka put her hand over her eyes.
Finchbones grinned down at the potatoes. Weasel hooked her finger
into the raccoon’s cage and stroked the top of its head.

She dealt with things in order of importance.
“Wiggles goes with us. No kitten left behind. Murray, we’ll see how
it goes. Blanchett, have the bear prepare a full report after
dinner. Mishkin, Mushkin, I don’t care who started it, it’s
my
zucchini now, and you will both be washing dishes after
dinner!”

She drew a deep breath, and delivered the
final and inevitable coda. “Gloober, get your finger out of
there!”

“Awww….”

Well, at least things were getting back to
normal. And maybe nothing would change, and the war would still go
on, and they’d be right back to gruel and marching up hillsides in
the dark.

Maybe Finchbones was right, and you never
knew why anything changed. Maybe it was all down to small
things.

Like teddy-bears. And kittens.

And goblins.

 

 

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About the Author

 

T. Kingfisher is the pen name for Ursula
Vernon, author and illustrator of the Hugo Award-winning graphic
novel “Digger” and creator of various children’s books.

 

She lives in North Carolina with her husband,
garden, and defective pets. You can find out more about her life
than you will be comfortable knowing at www.redwombatstudio.com

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