Chapter 2
A little boy, who is around six or seven, runs through the garden of an enormous castle.
He can hear a man yelling for him but he refuses to go back. He angrily wipes a stray tear
from his eye as he sits down by a tree in the abandoned part of the garden. His father was the
goblin king and made sure to never let the boy forget that. "Training" his father would say.
"To rule in this land weakness can not be tolerated. To let your control over the goblins to
slip is to ensue chaos." But for Jareth the goblins where the only people he had to play with.
As he sat against the tree a small goblin walked by.
"J.j.jareth?" the little goblin said walking up to him. "You ok?"
"Hi Praug, yea I'm ok my dad was just yellin at me again. He don't like us hangin out."
The little Goblin rose to his full 2 feet and said, " You want me to go k.k.kick him for ya?" he
said hopping around with his fists up.
"Would you really?" Jareth said teasing his friend.
"Awww h.h.heck no. Your dad is just too scary. No offense or nothin."
"It's alright. When I'm Goblin King I'll be nice to all the goblins. I don't know why my dad
has to be so mean for."
"So ok Jareth I'm sure you'll make a great king," Praug said setting next to him.
The two friends continued to talk until it was almost dark. "Well I better get back or my dad
will really get mad."
"Ok, Jareth I'll see ya tomorrow," Praug said as he waved goodbye as Jareth headed back to the
castle.
Jareth walked back home and started to make his way to his room when a rough hand grabbed him
from behind.
"You where out fraternizing with the goblins again weren't you?" His fathers voice boomed making
the small boy cower.
"Yes, but father he's my friend," he said whimpering.
"You don't need goblins as friends. If I have to teach you that the hard way then so be it.
Tomorrow you little 'friend' shall be put in the oblate permanently."
"No!" he screamed.
"You will also learn not to question me," his father said as he slaps him hard across the face.
Jareth just sits here stunned as tears roll down his cheek.
In his mind he thinks "Someday I will be a better king then you, and then you'll see."
Sara stops reading and realizes that the story might be too violent for Toby. She had always
changed that part in the past but for reason this time she was so absorbed in the story she
forgot to.
"Sara? That's not how it goes is it? Remember?" Toby says looking up at her his eyes filling
with tears. "Jareth's dad sees him and Praug playing and let's them be friends. Isn't that how
it goes."
"I...I'm sorry Toby I shouldn't have read that I usually change it to a happy ending for you."
She says shaking her head wondering what could have come over her.
Toby lowers his head and then looks back up at her. "Sara I don't like that version but I think
your right that is the real one." He then gets up and runs over to the TV and pops in one of
his favorite movies in the VCR. He jumps back on the couch as if nothing had happened, and
smiles as the first part of Aladdin starts. Sara stares at him for a minute thinking about what
he said. How could there be a real version anyway? It was just a story after all..wasn't it?
A little boy, who is around six or seven, runs through the garden of an enormous castle.
He can hear a man yelling for him but he refuses to go back. He angrily wipes a stray tear
from his eye as he sits down by a tree in the abandoned part of the garden. His father was the
goblin king and made sure to never let the boy forget that. "Training" his father would say.
"To rule in this land weakness can not be tolerated. To let your control over the goblins to
slip is to ensue chaos." But for Jareth the goblins where the only people he had to play with.
As he sat against the tree a small goblin walked by.
"J.j.jareth?" the little goblin said walking up to him. "You ok?"
"Hi Praug, yea I'm ok my dad was just yellin at me again. He don't like us hangin out."
The little Goblin rose to his full 2 feet and said, " You want me to go k.k.kick him for ya?" he
said hopping around with his fists up.
"Would you really?" Jareth said teasing his friend.
"Awww h.h.heck no. Your dad is just too scary. No offense or nothin."
"It's alright. When I'm Goblin King I'll be nice to all the goblins. I don't know why my dad
has to be so mean for."
"So ok Jareth I'm sure you'll make a great king," Praug said setting next to him.
The two friends continued to talk until it was almost dark. "Well I better get back or my dad
will really get mad."
"Ok, Jareth I'll see ya tomorrow," Praug said as he waved goodbye as Jareth headed back to the
castle.
Jareth walked back home and started to make his way to his room when a rough hand grabbed him
from behind.
"You where out fraternizing with the goblins again weren't you?" His fathers voice boomed making
the small boy cower.
"Yes, but father he's my friend," he said whimpering.
"You don't need goblins as friends. If I have to teach you that the hard way then so be it.
Tomorrow you little 'friend' shall be put in the oblate permanently."
"No!" he screamed.
"You will also learn not to question me," his father said as he slaps him hard across the face.
Jareth just sits here stunned as tears roll down his cheek.
In his mind he thinks "Someday I will be a better king then you, and then you'll see."
Sara stops reading and realizes that the story might be too violent for Toby. She had always
changed that part in the past but for reason this time she was so absorbed in the story she
forgot to.
"Sara? That's not how it goes is it? Remember?" Toby says looking up at her his eyes filling
with tears. "Jareth's dad sees him and Praug playing and let's them be friends. Isn't that how
it goes."
"I...I'm sorry Toby I shouldn't have read that I usually change it to a happy ending for you."
She says shaking her head wondering what could have come over her.
Toby lowers his head and then looks back up at her. "Sara I don't like that version but I think
your right that is the real one." He then gets up and runs over to the TV and pops in one of
his favorite movies in the VCR. He jumps back on the couch as if nothing had happened, and
smiles as the first part of Aladdin starts. Sara stares at him for a minute thinking about what
he said. How could there be a real version anyway? It was just a story after all..wasn't it?