Once upon a time, there lived a boy in a small mountain village. His father died when he was young, and he collected firewood to support his widowed mother and younger brother. It was a difficult life for the young boy, but he never complained and worked hard as he loved his family.

He went to the mountains to gather some firewood, as he always did. When he finished the work, he happened to see a tree covered with hazelnuts. He gathered the hazelnuts so he could give them to his mother and brother. He was so intent on his work that he lost track of the time. It was dusk by the time he stopped picking the hazelnuts. He quickly climbed down the mountains, but it was already very dark. Looking around, the boy saw a tile-roofed house nearby. The house was empty, so the boy decided to sleep there and he lay down under the floor.
He was just about to fall asleep, when he heard the distant mumble of voices. To his surprise, a group of goblins came in. It turned out that the house was the goblins den. As he didn’t want to be discovered by the horrible goblins, he stayed still under the floor and watched them quietly. Soon, he found a very strange thing. The goblins beat the floor with a club and shouted names of some food. Miraculously, the food came out from nowhere. It was a magic club.

While watching the goblins devour food, the boy suddenly felt hungry himself. He fumbled in his pocket for the hazelnuts that he had picked hours ago. He bit on a nut to crack the shell. The cracking noise was so loud that the frightened goblins stopped eating and ran away, leaving the food and the magic club as well. The house became empty again. The boy crawled out of the floor and ate as much food as he could hold. The next morning, he took the goblins’ club and returned home. Thanks to the magic club that was able to produce anything the owner requested, the boy’s family became rich.

Meanwhile in the neighborhood, another boy heard the rumors about the goblins’ magic club. He was green with envy. The greedy boy decided to do exactly the same as the first boy. So, he went to the mountains and picked some hazelnuts. He then hid himself under the floor of the goblins’ house. When the goblins were throwing a party, he cracked the hazelnut. Contrary to his expectations, the goblins didn’t run away. Instead, they dragged the boy out of the floor and flung him to the ground. “You rascal! We know you stole our magic club. We won’t be deceived again.” The goblins scolded the boy and kicked him out. The next morning, the greedy boy returned home empty-handed.