Summertime in Lilliput is hot, humid and very noisy. Although Lilliputian goblins take it easy during this season, many a flare-up will normally occur, and this summer has been no exception.
The first big fight happened when Lilliput's Minister of Everything, Gathostin, decided he was fed up of the Tortoises Association's insistence that their members should be the only providers of transport in Lilliput. The tortoises decided to block all the forest paths, threatened to climb up the treehouse used by the Great Leader, Gobbi, himself, and caused general mayhem all over Lilliput. Gobbi was on holiday at that time, and Gathostin took it upon himself to deal with the troublemakers.
Eventually, the tortoises gave up on their absurd demands. The Great Leader, Gobbi, came back from his holiday and announced to the whole of Lilliput that he had solved the problem. The tortoises had accepted that within seven centuries they will be joined by others in providing transport for Lilliputian goblins.
In the meantime, on the other side of Lilliput's political spectrum, the Imps were having a hard time setting their house in order, after their eighteenth successive defeat at the general elections. Their new leader, Gasket, the young fresh-faced smiling goblin (who looks a bit like a poodle) had professed universal brotherly love and promised an earthquake. However, there was no evidence of such a cataclysm, and clowns and dinosaurs reappeared straight out of dark bygone ages, taking up important roles within the Imps' tribe.
Much to the merriment of their arch-rivals who rule Lilliput, the Imps' election for Secret General ended up with a free-for-all fight, and the confirmation of Geisin, the same goblin who everyone agrees was the brains behind the Imps' latest election defeat.
The shenanigans have not escaped the notice of Gaffy Gagazza, a posh, sophisticated witchgoblin, who eats baby Imps for breakfast and hates all Imps with an intensity that defies the imagination. Oh my gosh, she wrote in perfect Oxford English in her daily glog, Gasket is such an ox. It appears she doesn't like Gasket very much.
The Imps are obviously not at all happy with Gagazza's witty definitions of their leader, and the matter may very well end up in a kangaroo court.
Never a dull moment, as this observer from outer space often likes to remark...
Note: The Lilliput saga started in my first blogspace, which contains the first three episodes:
Elections in Lilliput
Lilliput chooses its Great Leader
The Imps have chosen
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