2. Three Billy Goats Gruff who were going to where the grass was greener. A Talking Book inspired by a Norwegian Folktale Based on original idea and drawings by Linn Braseth Student UNDA When you see the speaker symbols appear, click on them then click anywhere else to carry on with the story.

3. Once upon a time….. A family of Billy-Goats Gruff wanted to cross a bridge, to get to the greener grass on the other side... But under that bridge...

4. lived a big and hairy troll! And he did NOT like to be disturbed...

5. First to cross to the greener grass was the baby Billy-Goat Gruff… Trip Trap Trip Trap

6. “Who’s that tripping over my bridge?” “It’s me, the baby Billy- Goat Gruff”

7. “Well I’m coming to gobble you up!”Said the troll “Don’t eat me. Wait for, my mother. She’s much tastier than I” said the baby Billy-Goat Gruff

8. Then it was time for the mother Billy-Goat Gruff to cross to the greener grass… Trip Trap Trip Trap

9. “Who’s that tripping over my bridge?” “It’s me, the mother Billy- Goat Gruff”

10. “Well I’m coming to gobble you up!” Said the troll “Don’t eat me. Wait for father Billy-Goat Gruff. He’s much tastier than I”said the mother Billy-Goat Gruff

11. Third to cross was the father Billy-Goat Gruff… Trip Trap

12. “Who dares to step on my bridge?” “I dare”Said the father Billy-Goat Gruff”

13. “Well I don’t like being disturbed and I’m going to come and gobble you up!”said the troll “Come up here, and I will gore you with my horns, and throw you in the river!” Said the father Billy-Goat Gruff

14. The troll got up, and….

15. The father Billy-Goat Gruff gored the troll... And the troll fell in the river….

16. Then the father Billy-Goat Gruff threw two stones at the troll... The troll sank to the bottom of the river... And the father Billy- Goat Gruff crossed the bridge...

17. The three Billy-Goats Gruff finally got to the grass on the other side… And they ate so much grass they could hardly move...

18. They might even still be there... The end Drawings by Linn Braseth Voices by Gracie Jones