Dalton decided to look at a few other shows. He offered the dog back to the Magnificent Morgaphier but he refused. "She seems to like you. How about you keep her for now?"
With that Dalton left with his new dog, who wagged her tail happily as she followed. The Magnificent Morgaohier was switching the ages of two brothers, one 16 and the other 8, when he left.
The next performer was a hypnotist who was mesmerizing a girl. She was flapping her arms and clucking like a chicken. Slowly she shrank as feathers sprouted. She struggled as her cloths stayed the same size. Soon she was lost in her shirt, and a chicken frantically flapped as the hypnotist pulled the short off of her. "Now you see the power of the mind! It is truly amazing what changes it can bring about when you truly convince it of something!" The crowd applauded as he picked up the chicken and handed her to her boyfriend.
Another area was labeled Goblin Gambling Market. A man had gathered a crowd, and was bringing up a man with his three daughters. They appeared to be 17, 12, and 6. There were short goblins wondering around. Some held up signs trying to attract customers, other appeared to be apart of crowd control making sure no one got too close. Three brought out 3 circular platforms.
"Now this is the classic 'Find the Queen game." The man who ran the game announced. "Find the queen, win a prize. Fail and pay a price." He held his hand out to the eldest daughter. "Would you like to be are queen?"
She smiled and took his hand. "I would love to." She was wearing a purple knit cap and a gray t-shirt with jeans.
She was guided to one of the circular platforms. Dalton guided Charlotte so he could see better. The eldest daughter was instructed to kneel on the platform, which was just wide enough for her. The goblins placed what looked like large red cups on the two empty platforms. A third kne was brought and placed over the volunteer. She had to lean down to make sure she could fit. The goblins began to move the cups around switching their places.
"Now all you have to do is guess where your daughter is. The goblins kept running on their stubby legs moving the cups around.
Finally they stopped and the dad took a moment to think about it. Finally he pointed in the one on the left. The goblin revealed it was empty. A second goblin lifted the cup in the middle to reveal his daughter.
"I'm sorry." The game master announced. "Seems like to lost. Now for the price you have to pay."
The goblins lowered the cup back down. His eldest snaked and waved to her dad. "Bye guys!" She called. Considered that this was a transformation fair, everyone could guess what was about to happen.
The game master ran a finger around the top of the container, tracing the edges in a circular path. Smoke began drifting from the bottom edges of the giant cup. When it was lifted, the smoke continued to dissipate revealing a new goblin.
While she was once very cute, the goblin was now scaley and covered in warts. It had a hook nose and rather sharp teeth. Furthermore, the goblin was obviously no longer a girl. Besides the knit cap, the clothes had completely changed to raggedy linen. The creature scratched its new buldge before taking off his cap and running through the crowd to request coins. Some people paid him.
"Uh..." the man started. "When do I get my daughter back?"
"Sorry no refunds." The man said, as the crowd chuckled. "But you have two more daughters if you want to go again. Your first daughter can be apart of the prize."
The dad thought about it for a moment before turning to his middle daughter. "Emily, you're up." She didn't seem to argue as she sat on the platform.
Dalton continued to another section with a sign that said 'Tailored Taylor'.
A girl exited to stand with a fancy dress. "Wow!" She said examining herself. "Carol looks great on me! Thanks!"
The woman running the area nodded. "Tell your friends...or at least the ones you aren't wearing."
That could warrant more investigation, but Dalton were curious on how the dad would end up. Then there was a cheer from the hypnotist. Dalton wondered where he should go