The Story Pirates Present by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2020-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

The room was filled with shouts of “Hear, hear!” and “Great idea, King Bloato!”

The servant at Bloato’s side grabbed a candle from its holder on the table and held it high. “Let’s play Wax the Candle!”

A huge smile crept across Bloato’s face. Butter oozed between his needle teeth. “Yes, Wax the Candle it is. Winner gets a prize!” With a flash of the Crystal Crown, a pile of gold as tall as a tree appeared beside him.

The goblins cheered so loudly and wildly, Laura was afraid the chandeliers were going to come crashing down from the ceiling. She turned to Quin. “What’s Wax the Candle?”

Quin shrugged. “I think we’re about to find out.”

Bloato’s servant went first. He placed the lumpy black candle on the table in front of him. Then he stuck his finger in his pointy ear, deeper than it looked like a finger should be able to go. When he pulled his finger back out, it was covered in a thick glob of black earwax. He stuck it on the side of the candle.

Millie let out a low groan. “I guess we know how goblin wax candles are made.”

Laura shuddered, thinking about how much goblin earwax it must have taken to make the candles lighting the entire cave.

The candle was passed to the next goblin, who crammed her finger into her ear.

“I can beat that!” she sneered. She dug around inside and pulled out an even bigger mound of goop. The first goblin put his head on the table in disappointment. The candle was passed around the table, and one by one, the goblins competed to see who could mine the most wax from their ear canals. By the time it reached Laura, the candle was three times its original size and a thousand times more disgusting.

She turned to Millie. “Here goes,” she said under her breath. She could hardly believe what she was about to do, but she had no choice. She stuck her finger in her ear, hoping to pull out a glob and get her turn over with as fast as possible.

But what she found was even more stomach churning than a lump of goblin earwax.

Nothing.

All the goblin eyes were on her. “Uh…let me try the other ear,” she said.

But her other ear was empty, too. Suddenly it dawned on her. The Chamelixir made her look like a goblin on the outside. But inside, she was all Lysor—and that, apparently, included the inside of her ear.

Bloato was frowning so deeply that the corners of his mouth drooped all the way down to his chin. “You,” he beckoned. “Come.”

Laura slowly pushed her chair back. Millie grabbed on to her wrist, her eyes urging Laura not to go. But Laura shook her off. She picked up the candle and walked toward Bloato. With every step she took, she grew more fearful. She stopped just inches away from Bloato. The Crystal Crown sparkled atop his head.

He took the candle from her and placed it on the table in front of him.

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