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Comparison Of The Story Of 'Three Billy Goats Gruff'

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Intro The story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” is about three goats who are going to eat some leaves in a field but encounter a troll underneath a bridge, at least in the Norwegian version. There also is a Polish /German version with a wolf on a mountain path. That is one of the main differences between the two different versions. There also are some similarities. For example, there are antagonists in both of the stories. But there are many more similarities than that. Similarities In the story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” there are two different countries telling the story. One is Norway, and the other country is Poland/Germany. Between the two stories, there are differences and similarities. In both of the stories, there is an antagonist. In the Norwegian version of the article "Three billy goats gruff", there is a troll underneath a bridge. "On the way up was a bridge over a cascading stream they had to cross; and under the bridge lived a great ugly troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as a poker." But in the Polish/German version of the article "Three billy goats gruff", there is a wolf on a narrow mountain path. "But a wolf laid himself across the narrow mountain path". Another similarity is that both of the antagonists get hurt by the goats. In the Norwegian version of the article "Three billy goats gruff", this is what happens, "Well, come along! I 've got two spears, And I 'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears; I 've got besides two curling-stones, And I

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