It's okay! I'm sorry though, I try to do better! (;^^)>
[ Less of the banter, and more of the story then -- ]
"Upon seeing the little man and speaking to him, the boy thought to himself, Then what they say in the village were untrue! There is someone living in this castle! He listened carefully to the little man, wondering why he had been waiting for him. He asked, however: 'What can I do for you, sir? I am only a stableboy!'
The little man shook his head. 'It matters not who you are and where you are from. If you had nerve enough to come in here, then my task should not be of much difficulty to you. Follow me.'
For someone so little, the man certainly walked with a quick pace, and the boy made sure to keep up. He realized that perhaps the creature was only leading him on to get him lost in the castle as they went past doors, closed and open alike, turning at a corner and another, up some stairs and down some more. Finally, they came upon a door unlike the others -- big and dark. The little man turned to the stable boy and said, 'Your task lies behind this door. You cannot leave until you have finished.'
With no true effort, the little man opened the door to a large room -- a hall! The candles that burned did not offer much light, but he could make out the shapes of what seemed to be large shelves. The creature spoke once more before shutting the door behind him.
'Wake them up and leave, or fail and fall asleep like them.'"