t my own again, and you and I will be neighbour kings, but
war we will never make on one another."

And they didn't either; for they were friends as long as they lived,
and each paid the other very many visits.

THE THREE BILLY-GOATS GRUFF

Once on a time there were three _Billy-goats_, who were to go up to
the hill-side to make themselves fat, and the name of all three was
"_Gruff_."

On the way up was a bridge over a burn 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.

So first of all came the youngest billy-goat _Gruff_ to cross the
bridge.

"Trip, trap! trip, trap!" went the bridge.

"Who's that tripping over my bridge?" roared the _Troll_.

"Oh! it is only I, the tiniest billy-goat _Gruff_; and I'm going up to
the hill-side to make myself fat," said the billy-goat, with such a
small voice.

"Now, I'm coming to gobble you up," said the _Troll_.

"Oh, no! pray don't take me. I'm too little, that I am," said the
billy-goat; "wait a bit till the second billy-goat _Gruff_ comes, he's
much bigger."

"Well! be off with you," said the _Troll_.

A little while after came the second billy-goat _Gruff_ to cross the
bridge.

"TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!" went the bridge.

"WHO'S THAT tripping over my bridge?" roared the _Troll_.

"Oh! It's the second billy-goat _Gruff_, and I'm going up to the
hill-side to make myself fat," said the billy-goat, who hadn't such a
small voice.

"Now, I'm coming to gobble you up," said the _Troll_.

"Oh, no! don't take me, wait a little till the big billy-goat _Gruff_
comes, he's much bigger."

"Very well! be off with you," said the _Troll_.

But just then up came the big billy-goat _Gruff_.

"TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!" went the bridge, for the
billy-goat was so heavy that the bridge creaked and groaned under
him.

"WHO'S THAT tramping over my bridge?" roared the _Troll_.

"IT'S I! THE BIG BILLY-GOAT GRUFF," said the billy-goat, who had an
ugly hoarse voice of his own.

"Now, I'm coming to gobble you up," roared the _Troll_.

"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'll crush you to bits, body and bones."

That was what the big billy-goat said; and so he flew at the _Troll_
and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed