Title: The Billy Goats Gruff, an Early Fun-to-Read Classic
Description: 1) The heroes of this tale are three male goats who need to outsmart a ravenous troll in order to cross the bridge to their feeding ground.
2) Wikipedia Review: The Original "Three Billy Goats Gruff" (Norwegian: De tre bukkene Bruse), published between 1841 & 1844, is a Norwegian fairy tale, collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (Hans Christian Andersen) and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr,It has an "eat-me-when-I'm-fatter" plot (Aarne-Thompson type 122E). The first version of the story in English appeared in George Webbe Dasent's translation of some of the Norske Folkeeventyr, published as Popular Tales from the Norse in 1859.
Time periods: Fairy Tale