Tom Tiddler took them into a large kitchen where Mrs. Tiddler was busy making the tea.
“Wife,” said he, “But these goblins in the pantry, and we will have them fried on toast for breakfast.”
The poor little brothers were locked up in the pantry, and they sat down on the floor holding each others hands very tight and shaking with fear.
At last they grew bolder, and began to think how they could get away. They tried to open the window, and found to their joy that Tom Tiddler had forgotten to lock it. They crept out very quietly and climbed down by the thick ivy which grew up the wall.
The goblins ran as fast as they could, only stopping to fill a sack which they had found with gold and silver. They knew that Tom Tiddler and his wife were at tea, and would not think of coming out for some time.
The brothers managed, after a great deal of hard work, to get the sack over the fence, and as it was too heavy to drag with them they agreed to bury it in the forest and dig it up as they came back.