“There Be Goblins in the Wood!”

By Christopher Gray

Combe Dingle Wood can be found (if you look really hard) in the heart of the Somerset countryside. It exists in that twilight time between myth and reality. It belongs to the era when walkabout scarecrows and Aunt Sallies wandered the hills and vales of the English West country. The local folk can tell you stories of their experiences when entering the wood. Most people that wander in wander out again with a smile on their faces and a sense of well-being. No one has ever quite put their finger on why this should be- they can only say there is something magical about the place.

The Chronicles of Combe Dingle Wood are a series of stories about the unique folk that inhabit the wood. They have exciting adventures in Between time (created for them by a friendly witch). They encounter dangers, but they do so with a sense of humour and fortitude that is typical of the West Country folk.

It was a few years after the Second Year War when I first encountered the real inhabitants of Combe Dingle Wood. Were they people trees or tree people? You know to this day I am still not sure. Perhaps you could decide? The story books I have produced are based on the records and drawings I kept in my diary all those years ago.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477269930

Christopher Gray

Christopher Gray (1942-2009) was well known for his involvement in the 1960s with Situationist International, for his various radical writings, and as Swami Prem Paritosh, disciple of the guru Osho. He translated Raoul Vaneigem’s Banalités de Base (as The Totality for Kids) and is the author of Leaving the Twentieth Century, the first English language anthology of Situationist ideas, and the biography Life of Osho.

Book preview

�MOabook_preview_excerpt.html�Yɒܸ��';�$ń����3�c[j[�$Q$T$@
`S�I����K�^&X]�Z���Xry��%�j~|�<~����n�_���գ���#|9����=�yqm�<���/7�xum�^����W��=�K�.�6������_=�_�pF.)����`��b >�ƚ��4���L�����s1��L�Y�g����̛���u�\�y����=��:3���9���28����!�q���,�� �)~r�4�v>�X0�x�Iq)&ʹ�i�b���CW���1��-.I��-�!.���f���pL��o���n���k0����ٓ� t����ޅg�x�R6�K��6��>�ʹc\p�����u<�c}�#�~vm���4[\L�Q�� �������Z�}������ ��`�K����Y����<�K.�aIɻn��GFχ� �<'-A��z�g��e�� a����5¼r�q�"��Ǘl\�;y.
�K� ��'�^�K?Ȳ����`�E⸹q�� ��-��i�p���c�4���@��z/rqF����4d����Y���ĉ�&J�N��B�b��<\.�� ����t0!� إ�B�H�L��x�8�\F@��d�qA�O"M�
�
y��φB� ��_�BT��r����%��Á��8�8��M�C��mob:pq\�p0O�~��T�!�sGO]J��F��eY���'ᣜ�3�֙
9�}\�����\yZ���.��!�G�[r��it�~
� �9O��&� Q$8�o�P�H�+�3����XP�,P/q��˲��#`�y�Io�6��@��$�c�����ݷ��G�?9䛴� ��s�|�J�$Z�Hyn癧�˭ͭ�Z��{-`>w�� ()��8���X͖O�_=LK{�>`[����8<��r�
��p���)�;��[,@k��Cm2�-ܦ;*z���������惹�VN��f��������~�h@�XbWt���7�q�y{R���m�c@ņ�oG���H�|�j�9�{
ra�t���_.�i�L#7��`���?��VNq��e���G�X6�>"���3`BBB�D����Dž�C0�[;���hQ� �&!���Y�4 9*������J�춛x������C1��� |$W1�� Tgp_O�.��)�A�74�V�����0����)��vc��b/�V�
�x*�s���"U�Wv��a j���_R9�,4�,���D���'ʞ�B
{���Dk����>ʄ/�Hn���BA���U��]�N���YF�E�$!���V��\t�Ԏ}#�D_�GJ���u�@����ҩ�Q�'��x���蠟� v�SI.%��]����<���I{Ľ�/�) �$����}�QL���
NV�G�aQ�ǣ�<*�`M�I�ILT�u��Z�J�%h�Ϲ�K��"w�,_�W�' �÷B�H� g^KnF���dQ߄�Ue�4ώ%��>�Mt��X�� �̽
�W]Ԧ81�(� j#e�Vi����D&IhT���9�9����w�E��4,;����P�f��__t|��Hee��~�nTܪ�y��o���1Q�W���3�����x�~C��$���L�yݰ�g��o8s�u�E~��$���wIEq� ���`��/�I�������C�d�n�����궏:����$�L3Vz�$R�� �M��T%C'+�2'���u����ٕk6���u����; %�����~-B�P��D�E�ڦկ��uUIϟ�<�_�F�.�WN�qg�>V�r�'�O����%��������!� M��-���՚� ]�[!�F�U�T�5�����+a��v[�@�;���B���'������N-��K�����z��l�m�z!+w��5,�$��]_F��kwf(���r��%\�7�0���e���M9��2��O�5����b�B�x�ם��W21��,��|��z;ϼi{���� (�qλ|��̼4HWL���}�d��g� ����L�ܝ;UA�8�&N�zr�+����hE����w/�����Vt?��C�BE�JD$�8v٣m��Ĺ:À�>�@b�1ЈГ0m��5����yԦ0��&���a[ũR�c�k�=B�C��W�?���,��tw>3�(�_PhR"b#�&�X�\��s��(a��sԜb��c��L�r�.X��k��P�J����zE�)�e�����M+²������.�TMTr�/C��f�Y���\+ �"�ʖ�=_�����T�_���/� A���z @ �/Bk���E��v�^�y�ӡW���U�oZL�Yڢ�
"�r%;��(Ӊ��tp��N@�&����Ӡs���|8\��lf���66t]��\�*��!&�./!��4�t�����^/߬��P)o!UK��*��#U���a��T���8r�I�O��]�H_*���B�ov�R���?����ʣ�0>E�*��AC^=��u�>�#�hi�c
���Jo�꛾N�2���p���w��B�I�V�@�"_�� ʵ���fͫ��J� cٟ���'Vm�_X�ף��mb����&�t�×�