The book you are holding is called The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The story was first written down in Norway almost 200 years ago. It has been told, over and over again. Here is my version. -- Adapted from inside cover. Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare...

Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

Halva is traveling with her trained bear to visit the King of Denmark when they stop for the night at a cottage where, they learn, a pack of trolls is about to make its annual Christmas Eve visit, causing trouble and making a big mess. Includes author's note about the story's origins.

A big bully, afflicted with Random Hostility Syndrome, terrorizes all of the forest animals until a clever young troll gets his goat.

Retells the folktale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way to the meadow.