'We're on the ground, sneaking up behind the troll. The Princess sees
us. She looks surprised, but knowing who we are and why we're there,
she acts as if she doesn't know and keeps working. The troll didn't
notice the sudden look of surprise on her face.
'We're only a short distance from the troll. I step on a twig. The twig
breaks with a loud 'snap'. The troll whirls around, sees us, and snatches
up his club. He screeches, spreading the alarm.
'He sounds like a donkey braying. 'Help! Help!' he screams, and it
comes out sounding to us like 'Hee haw! Hee haw!' It really doesn't
make any difference how it sounds, we're in trouble.
'There's not a second to lose. We attack; you from one side, I from the
other. The troll doesn't know which of us will strike at him first. He
turns first one way, then the other. He is confused.
'You dodge in. The troll faces you and lifts his club. I rush up behind
him, and as the club swings back over his shoulder I grab it and pull it
from his hands.
'Not having anything to hit us with, the troll backs away. We don't want
to hurt him, so we let him go.
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