A Day in the Life of a Gnome

Once upon a time there was a gnome named Knob, who lived
the far off land of Gnomania. Gnomania is a huge underground
lair with only one entrance. The only entrance to this lair is by
swimming down to the bottom of the ocean floor and knocking on
a large clam. On the other side of this clam is an old grouchy
gnome named Stubby whose only job was to keep the clam clean,
and listen for the knock of incoming visitors. To assist Stubby in
guarding the clam, he had a pet snark. A snark is an animal or pet
that can be used as a watchdog.
One day Knob went to visit his grandmother in the la…