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Go under the bridge and you won't have to walk far.
ONCE upon a time there were three billy goats, who were to go up to
the hillside to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was
"Gruff." On the way up was a bridge over a cascading stream they
had to cross; and under the bridge lived a great ugly troll, with
eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker. So first of
all came the youngest Billy Goat Gruff to cross the bridge. "Trip,
trap! trip, trap!" went the bridge. "Who's that tripping over my
bridge?" roared the troll. "Oh, it is only I, the tiniest Billy
Goat Gruff, and I'm going up to the hillside to make myself fat,"
said the billy goat, with such a small voice. "Now, I'm coming to
gobble you up," said the troll. "Oh, no! pray don't take me. I'm
too little, that I am," said the billy goat. "Wait a bit till the
second Billy Goat Gruff comes. He's much bigger." "Well, be off
with you," said the troll. A little while after came the second
Billy Goat Gruff to cross the bridge. "TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!
TRIP, TRAP!" went the bridge. "Who's that tripping over my bridge?"
roared the troll. "Oh, it's the second Billy Goat Gruff, and I'm
going up to the hillside to make myself fat," said the billy goat,
who hadn't such a small voice. "Now I'm coming to gobble you up,"
said the troll. "Oh, no! Don't take me. Wait a little till the big
Billy Goat Gruff comes. He's much bigger." "Very well! Be off with
you," said the troll. But just then up came the big Billy Goat
Gruff. "TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!" went the bridge, for
the billy goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned
under him. "Who's that tramping over my bridge?" roared the troll.
"It's I! The big Billy Goat Gruff," said the billy goat, who had an
ugly hoarse voice of his own. "Now I 'm coming to gobble you up,"
roared the troll. "Well, come along! I've got two spears, And I'll
poke your eyeballs out at your ears; I've got besides two
curling-stones, And I'll crush you to bits, body and bones." That
was what the big billy goat said. And then he flew at the troll,and
poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body
and bones, and tossed him out into the cascade, and after that he
went up to the hillside. There the billy goats got so fat they were
scarcely able to walk home again. And if the fat hasn't fallen off
them, why, they're still there; and so, Snip, snap, snout. This
tale's told out.
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