Voice of E

I love reading to my kids. I know some parents do not have the time to read to their children, or have problems reading. So I am offering bedtime stories, all for free.

This first story is the Goblin and the Grocer from
THE PINK FAIRY BOOK Edited by Andrew Lang

The story is of a goblin, who in this story is not a bad creature. He lives with a grocer because the grocer gives him jam each Christmas Eve. Upstairs is a student, who gets a book of poetry and reads it out loud at night. The goblin sneaks up to listen and falls in love with the poetry. Eventually there is a fire, and the goblin saves the poetry book from the fire and finds out that it is more important to him than the jam. But he likes the jam too so he stays with both the grocer and the student.

This story is Rated G. The moral seems to be that it is ok to appreciate beauty, but you need your jam too. Not sure what use this is, but there you have it.

You can read the book yourself for free at
Project Gutenberg Pink Fairy
or you can download it to put on your iPod or a cd here:
The Goblin and the Grocer

or just click below and listen right now