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A Day in the Life of a dwarfOnce upon a time there was a gnome named Knob, who lived the far off land ofGnomania. Gnomania is a huge underground lair with only ane entrance. The onlyentrance to this lair is by swimming down to the bottom of the ocean floor andknocking on a large clam. On the other(a) side of this clam is an old grouchy gnomenamed stubby whose only job was to keep the clam clean, and listen for theknock of incoming visitors. To assist Stubby in guarding the clam, he had a petsnark. A snark is an animal or pet that can be used as a watchdog.One daytime Knob went to visit his grandmother in the land of Gnollie which is abouta guzillion centimeters away from Gnomania. On his way to his grandmothershouse he ran across a garden. Upon stumbling on the garden, he decided to bethoughtful and pick slightly tulips for his grandmother. Tulips were her favoritesnack.While border oning his grandmothers house, he found something to be very strange.His grandmother was hovering on an hummingbird, while picking apples from hertall twenty-foot appletree. later on contemplating on this strange doing, hedecided not to let it bother him. After seeing Knob approach her house, Knobsgrandmother whistled for the hummingbird to bring her down so she could greethim. She greeted him with a loud burp which was a common courtesy amongGnomanians. After greeting him she also sprinkled him with some of her fairydust. She handily carried it around in her turban. She naturally invited himin for dinner where they ate lots of mosquitoes. After dinner, they watched acheap imitation of television. They used a big box to put different animals inand called it the Discovery channel. By the end of the day Knob wasgetting a little weary, so he decided to return home.When he returned form Gnollie his pet snark was there to welocme him home. Hewelcomed his snark back by feeding it fisheyes or to us humans dog biscuits.After the short snack, Knob and his snark went back to his teepee where theyhibernated until the next morning.The next day Knob met up with his friend Door. Door was a runaway gnome wholived on the streets of Gnomania. They met one day by accident. Since Doorlived on the streets, he had to steal food to survive. One day when Door wasrunning away from a nurseryman he ran full speed into Knob.