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Selma could get no information about trolls from her older sister, Sigrid. But when she went to visit the Widow Paulsson high up in the mountains, the old woman filled her with fearful thoughts about these creatures; they steal animals, she said, and sometimes a child for its bright golden hair.
When she was at last old enough, Selma went with Sigrid to tend the goats in the mountain pasture. There she learned the secret about trolls as late one afternoon she heard the lowing of their cows and saw their golden houses in the mountains.
Miss Coatsworth's lyric simplicity, perfectly complemented by Ursula Arndt's delicate drawings, will excite the imagination of young listeners and readers alike.
—from the dust jacket
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