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"We sat there in silence Then Big Raood I remember that, the smell of that hot milk

"I just realized that Lolly was all dressed up because she was going out with her boyfriend, as always trying to marry her and lure her away but never succeeded She looked like a Hindu beauty, Lolly And Jasmine, Jas in the kitchen, which was rare

"The hot milk went into the coffee cups I looked down into the steam

" 'Everybody believes me,' I said 'You all believe me ¡¯

"Pops said to Jasmine, 'Tell him ¡¯

" 'Tell me what?' I asked

"Jasarette and crushed it out in her plate Then she lit another one, just like that 'It was Goblin,' she said, 'who came in here and pointed and carried on about the curtains burning It was Goblin, in a flash' -- she snapped her fingers -- 'as big as life ¡¯

" 'Knocked the plate out of her hand,' said Lolly

"Jasmine nodded 'Knocked a plate off the drainboard there, too ¡¯

"I was speechless I was overwhelmed All my life these very people had insisted Goblin didn't exist, or I shouldn't be talking to Goblin, or Goblin was inary plays I had no answer I felt a else

" 'How could that creature knock that plate off the drainboard?' asked Pops

" 'I' the dishes in the sink, and that plate went crash, and then, when I turned, there he was, and he was pointing to the door, and he knocked the plate out of my hand "

"Everybody went quiet

" 'And this is why you believe me?' I asked 'Because you saw Goblin with your own eyes?¡¯

" 'I' I believe one word of what you said,' Jas I saw Goblin That's all I have to say ¡¯