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For everyone at Nosy Crow, with huge scoopfuls of thanks - EW For Ellie, Frankie & Jowan - DB First published 2017 by Nosy Crow Ltd The Crow’s Nest, 10a Lant Street London SE1 1QR www.nosycrow.com ISBN 978 0 85763 971 4 (HB) ISBN 978 0 85763 972 1 (PB) Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd Text © Elli Woollard 2017 Illustrations © David Barrow 2017 The rights of Elli Woollard to be identified as the author and David Barrow to be identified as the illustrator of this work has been asserted.

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For everyone at Nosy Crow, with huge scoopfuls of thanks - EW For Ellie, Frankie & Jowan - DB First published 2017 by Nosy Crow Ltd The Crow’s Nest, 10a Lant Street London SE1 1QR www.nosycrow.com ISBN 978 0 85763 971 4 (HB) ISBN 978 0 85763 972 1 (PB) Nosy Crow and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Nosy Crow Ltd Text © Elli Woollard 2017 Illustrations © David Barrow 2017 The rights of Elli Woollard to be identified as the author and David Barrow to be identified as the illustrator of this work has been asserted.

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This is the Troll and his big bowl of food, the goats that he’s gu led, the bones that he’s chewed.

This is the Troll and his big bowl of food, the goats that he’s gu led, the bones that he’s chewed.

And this is the Troll with his big empty bowl, who’s fed up with goats and so goes for a stroll -

down the steep hill and then over a ridge, who stomps through the town and then stops at a bridge.

And this is the Troll with his big empty bowl, who’s fed up with goats and so goes for a stroll -

down the steep hill and then over a ridge, who stomps through the town and then stops at a bridge.

Here on the bridge is the boy that he spied, pedalling along for a nice pleasant ride.

“Mmm,” says the Troll. “There is nothing I like quite as much as a nice juicy boy on his bike.

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