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I . Story One : The Three Billy Goats Gruff Here are some old tales from Norway . Norway is a country in the far north . It has high hills , deep woods and cold , fast rivers . And in the old tales , it has trolls too . Our first tale is about three billy goats . A billy goat is a male goat . He has a little beard . He has two horns on his head . These three billy goats all have the same name . The name of all three is Gruff . One goat is little . He has a thin , small voice . One goat is bigger . His voice is not so small . And one goat is very big . He has long horns and a big , rough voice . So we call them Little Billy Goat Gruff , Middle Billy Goat Gruff and Big Billy Goat Gruff . The three goats want to go up to the hillside . There is a lot of good green grass up there . They want to eat and eat . They want to get nice and fat . On the way up there is a river . It is not a big river . But the water is fast and cold . Over the river there is a wooden bridge . The goats must go over this bridge . And under the bridge there lives a troll . A troll is a bit like a man , but much bigger and much uglier . And this troll is very big and very ugly . His eyes are as big as saucers . His nose is as long as a poker . A poker is a long iron stick for a fire . The troll sits under his bridge all day . It is dark and wet down there , but he likes it . He listens for feet on the bridge . It is his bridge . Nobody goes over it without a word from him . II . Little Billy Goat Gruff First of all , the youngest goat comes to the bridge . That is Little Billy Goat Gruff . He puts one small foot on the bridge . Then he puts down another . “ Trip , trap ! Trip , trap ! ” goes the bridge . Under the bridge , the troll opens his big eyes . “ WHO’S THAT tripping over my bridge ? ” roars the troll . Little Billy Goat Gruff stops . His thin legs shake . “ Oh , it is only me , ” he says in a very small voice . “ I am the tiniest billy goat Gruff . I am going up to the hillside . I want to make myself fat . ” “ Now I am coming to gobble you up ! ” says the troll . To gobble something up is to eat it very fast . “ Oh no ! Please do not take me , ” says Little Billy Goat Gruff . “ I am too little , I really am . Wait a bit . Soon the second billy goat Gruff will come . He is much bigger than me . ” The troll thinks about this . A little goat is not much of a dinner . A bigger goat is a better dinner . “ Well , be off with you ! ” says the troll . So Little Billy Goat Gruff runs over the bridge . Trip , trap , trip , trap ! He runs all the way up to the hillside . Up there , the grass is long and green and sweet . The little goat puts his head down . He begins to eat . And the troll ? He goes back into the dark under his bridge . He sits down , and he waits .
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