Girlymann and Vic took a quick look at one another. Who doesn't like caves? Campy thought. The troll finished his wine and then poured another hearty round, finishing the bottle in his guest's glasses before he sat back down.
"I started with a natural cave actually, and then expanded it deeper into the mountain. You can find all kinds of things in mountains you know. They're a treasure trove at the picking." The troll fished in his pockets, which were many on the bib overhauls he wore until he pulled out a few gems.
Boogabob held out both hands to Campy and Vic. In them were the most beautiful gems Campy had ever seen. One looked like a diamond but it sparkled as if light from inside came from a rainbow. Each movement of the gem caused a spectrum of color. Another one was the clean ice-blue of glaciers. Another, not only looked like a rose bud, with the deepest red imaginable, but smelt like a sweet bouquet of roses on a warm summer day.
"They are absolutely the most beautiful gems I've ever seen." Campy broke his stare at the crystals and looked at the troll. "What are they called?"
The troll lifted the ice-blue crystal and announced, "Tinsel." Then he held up the gem of rainbows, "Lark's laugh." And then the crystal rose, "Sharon." The troll smiled as his two guests held the gems and passed them around.
"There's more than that inside the cave. I'll show you."
"That would be wonderful," Campy said and he looked at Vic who nodded in agreement.
Boogabob put the stones back in his pocket and went to a shelf where candles were placed inside glass lanterns that had a handle fastened to them. He took two down and handed them to the other two. Then he lit them with a wooden match. "You'll need these, I don't, use to the dark ya know."
The troll then led them to an sturdy oak door and with a great iron key, unlocked the door and opened it. It did with squeals and screeches before the troll stopped and bid them to enter. Campy and Vic took their candle lanterns and walked inside, while they marveled at entering a cave right in Boogabob's house they heard a lound slam as the door closed behind them.
To be continued.....
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