The Troll's Temptations



The Troll's temptations is a tale from the Scrolls of Her. =Fable= "The Troll walked, and he searched for food. He walked over the hills, and he saw no food. He walked past rivers, and he saw no food. He walked to the coast, and he saw no food. "Woe betide myself for my lacking in nourishment", he said. And then he saw a food. He saw a tree, very close to him. "I want food, so I must go to the tree", he said. And he walked forward to the tree, but then heard sound. He saw the sound was the floor. He saw that he was standing upon thin ice. "Woe betide me for my recklessness", he said. He did not want to fall through the ice, so he left. Then, he saw a fruit bush, on the other side of a river. "Praise the Mother, for I have found more food"! he said. And he stepped into the river to get to the other side. The water was cold and strong, so he had to climb out upon the ground again. "Woe betide me for lack of sense", he said. And he again walked, looking for food". =Notes= The Troll's temptations is a Troll fable based around moral. It tells of a Troll individual, starving, and with little to no nourishment. On 2 occassions, he finds food, but he dicovers just prior to him accessing the land between him and the food, that it is a risk, not worth taking, and decides to wait until later, when there will be an easier supply of food to get. This moral has been told at campfires to Troll children, as a way of telling them not to make rational decisions