When Mother Troll Took in the King's Washing
Troll Mother and her son Drulle live in a forest cottage where she does laundry for travelers. When a king builds a nearby castle for his queen and newborn princess, the lady-in-waiting hires Troll Mother to wash the royal clothes cheaply so she can pocket the difference. Troll Mother becomes enchanted by the beautiful baby clothes and begins stealing them, using a troll rhyme her son recites during counting to conceal the theft. An orphan girl named Inga, who mends clothes at the castle, is blamed for the missing garments and sent away. She wanders to the trolls' cottage and is taken in, wher