The Three Billy Goats Gruff

"The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is a Norwegian fairy tale first collected in print in the 1840s. The title characters are a trio of goat brothers, with Gruff as their family name. Each goat in turn encounters a hungry troll under a bridge. The first two encourage him to eat their brother who comes next, while the final and largest goat physically challenges and defeats the troll.
==References==
*Bob reads a 1966 book adaptation to the kids in Sesame Street Episode 0139.
*Oscar the Grouch tells his version of the story in the 1980 album Big Bird's Birdtime Stories.
*For the version in The Sesame Street Storybook Alphabet (1980), Herry Monster plays the troll but instead of threatening to eat the goats, he demands money to cross and raises his prices.
*Big Bird tells the story to Elmo and Gordon in Sesame Street Episode 2460.
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Category:Literary References
Category:Fairy Tales