Mr. Gum and the Goblins. Andy Stanton

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      Mr Gum and the Goblins First published 2007 by Egmont UK Limited This edition published 2019 by Egmont UK Limited, The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2007 Andy Stanton

       Illustration copyright © 2007 David Tazzyman

      The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2019

      ISBN 978 1 4052 9371 6

       Ebook ISBN 978 1 4052 5929 3

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       Read all of Andy Stanton’s books!

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       MR GUM and the Dancing Bear

       What’s for Dinner, MR GUM?

       MR GUM and the Cherry Tree

       MR GUM and the Secret Hideout

       Meet some of the townsfolk of Lamonic Bibber

       Contents

       Title page

       Copyright page

       Dedication

       1 In the Dead Of Winter

       2 Talk of the Devil

       3 In the Court of the Goblin King

       4 You’re A Bad Man, Mr Launderette!

       5 The Meeting at the Stone Table

       6 The Great Gifts

       7 The Three Impossible Challenges

       8 Night on Goblin Mountain

       9 Polly and Friday in the Cave

       10 The Tunnel Song

       11 Heroes in the Snow

       12 The Fruit Chew of Babylon

       13 The Truth About It All

       About the Author

       Also By

       Praise

       Chapter 1

       In The Dead Of Winter

      IT was the Dead Of Winter and the little town of Lamonic Bibber lay under a blanket of snow and ice. Everywhere you looked, there was snow and ice. On the trees – snow and ice. On the ground – snow and ice. Inside the Museum of Snow and Ice – snow and ice. It was the coldest winter anyone could remember.

      Inside the inns and taverns the men folk sat around blazing log fires, drinking their ale and telling stories of never-to-be-forgotten heroes like Whatsisname and That Tall Man In The Shirt Who Killed All Those Dragons. In the houses, mothers put their young ones to bed, soothing them with gentle lullabies about fierce lions and crocodiles. In a little cottage by the meadow, a hobbit sat reading The Lord of the Rings and microwaving his feet to keep warm. ’Twas the Dead СКАЧАТЬ