The Goblin and the Dragon - Boys' and Girls' Story Book No.5, News Chronicle 1937

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The Goblin and the Dragon - Boys' and Girls' Story Book No.5, News Chronicle 1937

First edition: 1937
Publisher: News Chronicle
Cover Art: Ernest Aris
Illustrator: listed with stories
Category: News Chronicle Story Books
Genre: Mixed
Type: Short Story Series Books

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/boo ... Book+No.+5

The Goblin and the Dragon
Illustrations: E.H. Davie
Story: Sunny Stories for Little Folks No.106 Nov 1930

[Courtenay]

Thanks for sharing that story, Pete. A bit of an element of "The Gingerbread Man" in there, but a lot more enjoyable — and I laughed out loud at the unexpected twist: "I couldn't bear to be a beautiful dragon! Why, everyone would laugh at me!" It reminds me of a joke I remember from primary school:

Q. What do you call a friendly, kind-hearted, good-looking monster?
A. A failure.

[Anita Bensoussane]

When we were little, my sister and I read 'The Goblin and the Dragon' in this 1975 Purnell book:

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/boo ... er+Stories

Our bedroom door wasn't painted and the wood (probably wood veneer, actually) had knots and other markings, and there was one part that looked exactly like a dragon's head. We named it Goofle after the dragon in that story!