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Tonight, we'll read flickering candlelight.

Tonight, we'll read part five to the princess and the goblin,

a children's fantasy novel published in 1872. If you'd like to start from the beginning, the first episode aired on April 15th, 2019. If you'd like to listen to the last episode, Part 4 aired July 3rd, 2020.

One of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George McDonald's, the Princess and the

the Goblin tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend kurdie who must outwit the threatening

goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home. When we left off

kurdie stayed late to mine in the mountain on his own.

In the past, he would sometimes hear possible goblin noises, but on this night he heard an actual conversation

between a goblin family through a thin wall of rock.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Kirti, the courageous miner boy, now knew at least one of the reasons for the constant sound of the

goblin hammers and pickaxes at night when he stayed late to mine. They were making new houses for

themselves to which they might retreat when the miners should threaten to break into their dwellings.

But he had learned two things of far greater importance.

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