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Steinar |
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22 cm, 8 5/8" |
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Item
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clubbtroll 2003 |
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Produced .......... |
2003 |
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Steinar
– Chief of the Longtail trolls in 2003
Every year
on midsummer night at Troll Mountain just next to Trollhufsa village,
there is a solemn ceremony. All the trolls – big and small – attend
dressed in their finest clothes. For this is the magical evening when
the Longtail trolls elect their chief. It happens every year, and every
year a new troll gets the honourable title. But of course, any troll
that wants the title of chief has to earn it. This year, Steinar was chosen as chief. Steinar is a very brave and intrepid troll that saved Trollhufsa village with his shrewdness and courage. |
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The
humans in the valley were going to build a dam in the river. The animals
came to the trolls because they were being hunted from their regular
haunts. Even the trolls could no longer stay by the river when there was
a risk that the humans would see them. Many humans plodded around with
important looks on their faces and big plans, and on a few occasions
came dangerously close to walking right through Trollhufsa village. The
Longtail trolls were truly saddened by the idea that the humans could
destroy the lovely river and the surrounding woods! But brave Steinar
had an answer. Steinar’s magical ability is that he can change into
anything he likes – a veritable master of disguise. With
perfect timing, he changed into a beaver, and gnawed to bits all the
logs that were going to
be used to build the dam, to the despair of the humans! Steinar then
used his star-turn. With a wave of his magic tail he turned himself into
an elderly woman complete with mink collar and
elegant, pointy, high-heeled shoes. Thus disguised, he was able to go
into all the public offices in the human village where he raised such a
fuss and bother about the building of the dam that the important
officials had to do as they were told in order to avoid a scandal.
Steinar was smart too and took some gold from Troll Mountain with him so
that when he’d finished telling the greedy humans off, he bought the
land where the dam was to be built. And so in the end no dam was built
and the trolls, animals and nature were left in peace. There was a great celebration among the animals and trolls when Steinar returned with the good news. Thanks to Steinar’s brave efforts the woods and the river were left in peace. So – there was no doubt over which troll deserved to be chief this year: Steinar, the Longtail trolls' brave master of disguise. |
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