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    The Troll and I
    The Troll and I
    The Troll and I
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    The Troll and I

    By Stephen Clark Reese

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    Timmy meets a troll that is on his way to fight for the release of Princess Rahle of Tisch Lanor who is being held captive by a dragon. Timmy accompanies the troll to Tisch Lanor and finds a land of Fairies, Unicorns and other mystical creatures.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephen Clark Reese
    Release dateJan 31, 2014
    ISBN9781311010728
    The Troll and I
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    Stephen Clark Reese

    Stephen Clark Reese was born in Santa Barbara, California. He and his family returned home to Texas in 1968 when he was 9 years old. Stephen and his wife Cindy, live just outside of Paris, Texas. They have two daughters and eight grandchildren. Stephen publishes a blog entitled “Graviton, My Thoughts, My Imaginations”. Stephen and Cindy are involved with many outreach ministries including Residents Encounter Christ, a volunteer program with the Buster Cole State Prison in Bonham, Texas. Stephen works as a network administrator in a north Texas school district.

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      The Troll and I - Stephen Clark Reese

      The Troll and I

      By Stephen Clark Reese

      Copyright Stephen Clark Reese 2011

      E-book Edition Published by Smashwords, Inc.

      ISBN: 9781311010728

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording —without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      My deepest thanks to my wife Cindy for all of her work and support. A special thanks to Mendy Brown for her untiring work on the illustrations.

      Philippians 4:13

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 - The Great Red Dragon of Tisch Lanor

      Chapter 2 - The Dragon’s Lair

      Chapter 3 - The Joy Stealer

      Chapter 4 - Magic Marbles

      Chapter 5 - The Littlest Fairy

      Chapter 6 - The Dungeon

      Chapter 7 - The Last Unicorn

      Chapter 8 – Rock Orcs

      Chapter 9 - The Wizard of Stone Bridge Castle

      Chapter 10 - The Dark Chamber

      Chapter 11 - Returning Home

      Chapter 1 - The Great Red Dragon of Tisch Lanor

      My story does not start out quite as strange as it ends. The day was a normal sunny summer day, with birds chirping and rabbits hopping and while it sounds like an interesting day to be sure, I found myself utterly bored. As I often do when bored, I found myself in my mother’s little garden that sat by the edge of the road, picking weeds and throwing them into the dusty lane.

      I had made quite a dent in the weeds when I looked up and along the road came a very large troll of at least seven feet in height. I say he was very large but I must admit that I have a very limited knowledge of trolls to know whether he was truly large or just average as trolls generally run. Nevertheless, he seemed very large to me with a coat of straight brown hair and the horns on his head that made him look just a tad on the menacing side, not to mention the huge double bladed axe thrown over his shoulder. I had not yet decided whether I should run or try to blend into the garden when the troll looked and said with a smile. Top of the morning!

      His smile was very warm and inviting, at least for a troll that is. So I smiled back and said. Good morning, sir! It’s a lovely day, isn’t it?

      The troll looked around, took in a deep breath of air and replied. Ah yes, my lad. Tis a good day to die!

      I must say that I was intrigued by the trolls answer. Until this point, I had never considered any day to be a good day to die but as I looked around, I supposed that there could be worse days to die. Do you have a long journey ahead? I asked just in the way of making conversation.

      As long as life and as short as breathe, he answered. I am on my way to slay the Great Red Dragon of Tisch Lanor!

      I stood up aghast and held my hands to my cheeks. I didn’t know a troll could slay a dragon!

      The troll laughed a hearty laugh and bellowed, A troll can’t kill a dragon and certainly not the Great Red Dragon of Tisch Lanor! he stopped laughing and looked at me seriously. That’s why it’s a good day to die.

      But why would you even try such a thing? I asked in a quiet breath.

      The troll smiled his warm smile, For great riches! he yelled out raising his great axe over his head. The troll saw my confusion and said, Come, keep me company along the way and I’ll explain all to you, I agreed, and then ran inside to get my slingshot out of my room and to tell my mother that I was going to hunt for lizards down by the creek. Once I returned, the troll and I walked down the warm dusty road.

      It was then that I took notice that the troll wore no shoes. In fact, his only clothing was a pair of blue overalls with one strap thrown over one shoulder to hold them up. He walked easily despite his great bulk as he took wide steps. I was almost forced to run in order to keep up.

      The troll told me that he had been to see my neighbor, Mr. Martin to have his axe sharpened for the coming battle. I was shocked, I knew that Mr. Martin sharpened knives and saw blades, but I never knew that he sharpened axes!

      As we traveled down the road he explained, Many months ago, the Great Red Dragon of Tisch Lanor, stole the king’s daughter Rahle. He is keeping her in his cave in the side of Mt. Tor. The king immediately sent his army to kill the dragon and rescue his daughter, but to no avail. The dragon killed all who would rescue the princess. In desperation the king made a proclamation: to anyone who would kill the dragon and rescue the princess, he would give ten times his weight in gold, the troll finished his story and looked down at me. So you see it’s not often that a troll gets the chance to earn ten times his weight in gold.

      But aren’t you afraid? I asked in awe.

      The troll shrugged, What have I got to live for, I’m just a troll? I have to admit that if I were a troll, I might have the same attitude, but after giving it some thought, I think I’d rather be a live troll than a dead human.

      We soon left the road, climbed a fence and walked through a great pasture. Cows eating lazily looked up then returned to their morning meal of grass. We walked a couple of miles from the road as the troll told of rumors that he had heard of the great beauty of Princess Rahle of Tisch Lanor. When I admitted that I was a bit too young to concern myself with women, whether she be a princess or not, the troll admitted to me that he had no great love for women himself, being that he was a troll after all.

      We stopped in the middle of the pasture and the troll said, Here we are!

      I looked around. To me it looked just like any other pasture I had ever seen so I was feeling a bit disappointed. This is Tisch Lanor? I asked.

      The troll laughed until I thought he would hurt himself. When he stopped he said, No my young friend. Then he stepped on a round metal cover in the ground that I had not

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