The White Stag and Black Rider

White animals are special, otherworldly creatures. We keep meeting them on this map! White deer roam on Eggardon Hill, but mostly there are sheep. And four of the young shepherd’s flock were missing. He and his dog roamed the hill until they found a gash in the earth. The scent of damp earth rose from it. Had his sheep fallen in? So the shepherd crawled in, but he didn’t find his sheep – or not exactly. He found goblins eating them! When they saw him they vowed they’d eat him too! The shepherd fled to the Bell Stone, the goblins were after him, he drew his knife to defend himself, but hit the stone instead – DING DONG – and from out of nowhere came a white stag. The shepherd suddenly knew he must leap on its back. The stag whisked him away. But now he heard baying hounds – and with them, like a pendant to his white mount, was a black rider. It was the Wild Hunt. They hunted down the goblins … and goblins have never been seen on Eggardon Hill again.