"Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller" by Lord Dunsany

The syntax towards the end gets really weird. I couldn't always parse it in a way that made sense to me. Maybe it's an Irish thing? I have no idea. I tried.

But hey, at least he doesn't feel the need to overload us with tons and tons of needlessly obscure and obtuse vocabulary, so there's that.

The picture used is an illustration by Sidney Sime in the 1912 edition of "The Book of Wonder".

To follow along: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7477/7477-h/7477-h.htm#DISTRESSING_TALE_OF_THANGOBRIND_THE_JEWELLER