Hello friends! Welcome to Friday Fictioneers hosted by the incomparable Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. I had 100 words to tell a story about the photo above, taken by CEAyer.
A huge troll lived in a cave by a fjord. He loved the peace and quiet of the ocean. One day there was a terrible din across the water. Humans were building a church. He hated humans; worse, he hated churches!
He howled…..growled but the church was getting bigger and taller. Then bells, clanging, clanging, driving him mad.
He awoke one morning to the horrible sound of deafening bells and many humans singing. He could take no more. He picked up an immense boulder, hurled it across the fjord and squashed the church.
Then he went back to bed.
This is a much edited story from Denmark. A friend took me to see the Troll Stone at a nearby Kirke, complete with a plaque that tells the story. The Viking translated it for me so I could condense it down for this week’s challenge.
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I suppose he could have just shown up one Sunday morning and scared everyone away. No, scratch that. They’d just hunt the poor troll down with torches and pitchforks.
Exactly! He’s obviously seen Shrek and knew where that would end. :o) Thanks for stopping by James.
I was misled by the title because Tolkien has trolls turning to stone in the daylight. So your story was a complete surprise! Nicely told!
Thanks Penny. There are times when I’d like to squash whatever it is that is ruining my peace and quiet too. :o)
Great legend, and well retold.
This made me laugh. Troll won that round 🙂
Yes he did. :o) Thanks for stopping by Linda.
Next building to go up on that site will be an auditorium with heavy metal rock concerts every weekend. And we all know rockers are immune to rocks, right? ?
Hmmm……you may be right. OR….maybe Trolls don’t mind heavy metal rock. Dwarves like it so it’s not such a stretch that Trolls would too.
Lookit you, you Wild Thing!
I know! Guys pretending to be Heavy Metal Dwarves! It’s confounding and amusing and kinda admirable too. :o)
Wow! That’s a fascinating story. Thanks for the delightful read .
Thanks Moon. I appreciate you stopping by. :o)
He should’ve con-trolled his temper…
LOL! Yes, he should have, but he is a troll after all and they aren’t well known for their sound behavioral choices. :o) Thanks for stopping by Martin.
Darn noisy neighbors ruining a perfectly good Sunday morning snooze. Fun piece.
Thanks Russell. I appreciate you stopping by. :o)
Reads like a fairy tale. “once upon a time” right till “happily ever after” ! “). Good one.
Thanks. It is an old Danish folk tale condensed down to 100 words. I appreciate you stopping by. :o)
Not a troll to mess with! Excellent
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Definitely not. To be fair though, he did howl and growl at them first, so it’s not like they didn’t know he was unhappy. :o)
Right, he did give them warning… but they probably couldn’t hear him out of disbelief!
Fun stuff, Madame!
Thanks Dale. It’s been fun. :o)
A lovely take on the prompt. Troll 1 Humans 0!
Thanks Clare! :o)
Dear Mrs. C,
I love this take on the prompt. Fun stuff. To be fair, the troll warned them.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Yes, he did. :o) Thanks for stopping by Rochelle.
i never thought a troll will be that huge. 🙂
Mrs. Completely, Cute story – the Troll is bossy, in my opinion (but if I hear him here, I will listen carefully)!
Loved the myth! I guess, I would have done he same 🙂
Loved the myth! I guess, I would have done the same 🙂
This was such a fun read. Great retelling of the legend. Next time they better check for trolls et al. before they build.