The
Goblin King laughed and said, "Spindizzy, it would be a
shame to lose you, but if you wish to go, I'll give you the
chance."
"What must I do?" Spindizzy
asked.
"You must find for me the Largest
Number In Existence. And bring it back to me. The Goblin King
watched for her reaction, but she didn't really have one.
"Okay," was all she said before
she spun on her heel and flew off. She stopped mid-weave near the
cave mouth that led up to the surface world. "Sire?"
she called back. "What color is the Largest Number?"
When the Goblin King shrugged in response Spindizzy replied,
"Typical," and flew out.
As she flew to the surface she decided
she would fly to the beach and she hoped that she would be able
to figure out why she was going there, of all places, by the time
she got there. At the latest.
When she set down in one of her less
graceful landings and found herself covered in sand it came to
her. She lay down on her side and picked out a single grain of
sand an inch away from her face and said, "Hello, little
grain of sand, I'm Spindizzy!"
Spindizzy normally had quite a knack for
convincing inanimate objects that they could talk, but nothing
seemed to work on this stubborn little speck of sand. At last,
she stuck her tongue out at it, hoping to provoke it into
talking, when, suddenly, her nose started itching and she sneezed
without warning. From several feet away she could hear a tiny,
"Bless you!"