title: Pongwiffy and the Goblins' Revenge
author:  Kaye Umansky 
description: <b>Kaye Umansky</b>was born in Plymouth in Devon, England. She went to Teacher's Training College, after which she taught in London primary schools for twelve years, specializing in music and drama. In her spare time, she sang and played keyboards with a semiprofessional soul band. She now writes full time and has written more than twenty-five books of fantasy, fiction, and poetry for children. She draws on traditional folktales and modern urban myths for her inspiration and has a sense of humor that is popular with children of all ages, from five to one hundred and five. She lives in London with her family. Among her most popular books are her hilarious Pongwiffy titles.<i>Pongwiffy, Pongwiffy and the Goblins' Revenge,</i>and<i>Pongwiffy and the Spell of the Year,</i>which won the Nottinghamshire Book Award, are available from Minstrel Books.
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  The children had been sent to watch the road. Rumor said the Lady meant to
  break the Rebel movement in Tally province. And here her soldiers came. Closer
  now. Grim, hard-looking men. Veterans.
  
  “It’s them!” the boy gasped. Fear and awe filled his voice. Grudging
  admiration edged it. “That’s the Black Company.” He touched the girl’s wrist.
  “Let’s go.” They scurried through the weeds.
  
  A shadow lay upon their path. They looked and went pale. Three horsemen stared
  down at them. The boy gaped. Nobody could have slipped up unheard. “Goblin!”
  
  The small, frog-faced man in the middle grinned. “At your service, laddy-boy.”
  
  The boy was terrified. He shouted, “Run!” If his sister could escape... Goblin
  made a circular gesture. Pale pink fire tangled his fingers. He made a
  throwing motion. The boy fell, fighting invisible bonds like a fly caught in a
  spider’s web. His sister whimpered.
  
  “Pick them up,” Goblin told his companions. “They should tell an interesting
  tale.”
  
  The secon