" well , " said she , " i have told him he is to bring me the thing i am thinking of by to - morrow noon , and that thing is your head . do you think , dear friend , that he will be able to bring it to me ? " and she made a great time over the troll . " i do not think he can , " said the troll , who felt quite sure of himself , and laughed and chortled with pleasure in the most malicious way . for he and the princess were firmly convinced that the youth would be more apt to lose his own head , and be left to the ravens , than that he would be able to bring the princess the head of the troll .
it would be hard to bring the head of the troll .
why did the troll and the princess feel the youth would fail ?
why did the troll and the princess feel the youth would fail ?