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Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll is a Norwegian fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
 collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. The troll is, as they often are, not very intelligent while the boy is clever, winning an eating contest.

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A farmer sent his sons to cut wood in a forest he owned, to pay off debts. A troll
Troll

A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giant , although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants ? similar to the ogres of England ? to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground...
 threatened them as they came, one by one; the two older ones allowed themselves to be chased off, but the youngest
Youngest son

The youngest son is a stock character in fairy tales, where he features as the hero. He is usually the rule of three son, but sometimes there are sibling, and sometimes he has only one; usually, they have no sisters....
 asked for food.






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Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll is a Norwegian fairy tale
Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folklore characters such as Fairy, goblins, Elf, trolls, giant , and talking animals, and usually enchanted, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events....
 collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. The troll is, as they often are, not very intelligent while the boy is clever, winning an eating contest.

Synopsis


A farmer sent his sons to cut wood in a forest he owned, to pay off debts. A troll
Troll

A troll is a fearsome member of a race of creatures from Norse mythology. Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giant , although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants ? similar to the ogres of England ? to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground...
 threatened them as they came, one by one; the two older ones allowed themselves to be chased off, but the youngest
Youngest son

The youngest son is a stock character in fairy tales, where he features as the hero. He is usually the rule of three son, but sometimes there are sibling, and sometimes he has only one; usually, they have no sisters....
 asked for food. When the troll threatened him, the boy pulled out some cheese, claiming it was a stone, and squeezed it until whey came out. When he threatened to deal with the troll as he had with the "stone", the troll offered to help him with the wood-cutting.

The troll suggested that he come home with him. Then he went to build up the fire and sent the boy for water. The boy realized he could not carry the huge buckets, so he declared they were too small, and he could just fetch the spring. The troll exchanged chores with him.

When the porridge was made, they had an eating match, but the boy put more into his scrip than into his stomach, and when it was full, he cut a hole in it. The troll said he could eat no more. The boy suggested that he cut a hole in his stomach, which would let him eat as much as he liked, and it didn't hurt much.

The troll did so, and died, and the boy took his gold and silver and paid off the family debt.

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