The Asbjornsen Fairy Tales

Title: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Husband Who Was To Mind the House, The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body, and The Blue Belt.
Author: P.C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen E. Moe
Publisher: MACMILLAN CO.
Copyright: 1963 The Macmillan co.
Pages: 135
Ages: 9-12
Genre: Fairy Tales

Summary: (The Three Billy Goats Gruff)
A billy goat on his way to make himself fat on a hill has to pass a troll bridge. While crossing it, the Troll tells him he’s going to eat him. But the tiniest billy goat tells him that he can have his brother because he is much fatter. The Troll agrees and sends the tiniest goat on his way. The next billy goat comes along and convinces the Troll not to eat him, telling him that the next goat will be even larger. The Troll agrees and sends the middle goat on his way. The biggest billy goat comes along and when the Troll comes to get him, the goat kills the troll and he and his brothers get fat together.

Who would I recommend this to:
I don’t think that I’d recommend this to anyone. I don’t really see a moral to the story other than you shouldn’t be a troll.

Potential Problems:
It could be considered scary, and is violent.

My Reaction:
I remember my dad reading this to me, but I don’t remember the Billy Goat killing the Troll. Overall, I didn’t like it, I couldn’t tell what the moral of the story was.