Who knows? This entire situation remains mysterious.

[He's read the name inscribed on his journal. "Genie of the Lamp." That's the name the townspeople call him, which means that although the lamp may look like a worthless trinket, he suspects there's far more to it than that. There's a magical pull he doesn't like.

So Mogget is quite sure that if the children are after anything, they're after the lamp, but he's also reluctant to disclose its existence to anyone else.]

When I awoke, I found the book and quill with me. A gift, I suppose.