However, once Laura has tasted the forbidden fruit, she cannot hear or see the goblin men again, and she begins to pine away just like Jeanie. She is reminded by Lizzie of the fate of Jeanie, who partook of the fairy food and then faded away and died, but she succumbs to their temptations and meets the goblins with their juicy, perfumed fruit- melons, cherries, pears and grapes. Sensible sister Lizzie knows that the goblins must be ignored her sister Laura is weak and wants to taste the fruit. Where their parents or relatives are, we never learn the two girls are self-sufficient and independent.Įvery evening the goblin men pass near their cottage, crying out their wares in tempting tones. Two young sisters live together, supporting themselves by farming a smallholding. The plot of the poem is quite easily summarised.
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