Asbjornsen Tales

These are more like the fairy tales that I remember.  So far they are my favorite ones.  They are more normal then the other fairy tales that we have had to read. 
These I would read to my kids, becuase they would enjoy them, like the one I am going to share with you, I know that it would make them laugh, but I would change the end to be a little less gross. 
I think the same issues as with the other fairy tales still stands strong, they are a little bit to "yuck" for children.


I read these online and so I could not find the information and so here is the sight I read them off of
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsen_moe.html

"he flew at the Troll, and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the burn"

The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
There once was three goats named gruff.  They wanted to go up the hill to eat the gass to get fat.  They had to cross a bridge to get to the hill and a mean, gross troll lived under this bridge.  Each Billy-Goat took a turn cross the bridge.  The youngest and smallest went first.  The Troll asked who was that making nose on his bridge.  The goat got him to let him pass and not eat him by telling him to wait for his brother who is bigger then he is.  The next billy-goat came across and the troll was not happy with the noise that he was manking, because this goat was bigger so he made more noise.  This brother got the troll to let him pass the same way the younger one got by, telling the toll to wait until the oldest and biggest Billy-Goat Gruff to come.  So the troll waited for the biggest Goat to come by and when he cross the bridge the troll told him that he was going ot eat him.  The goat took his challenge and told him that he has two spears and would poke his eyes out and would crush in as well.  So when the troll jumped on the bridge the Billy-Goat ran at him and poked his eyes out with his horns and crushed him up and threw him off the bridge.  He then joined his brothers on the hill where they ate and ate and ate until they got fat.  So fat that they couldn't walk home.
"snip, snap, snout this tale's told out"

I also read these three Tales by Asbjornsen:
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
The Husband Who Was To Mind the House
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