The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Where there's a will, there's a way, and for these three goats, the way is just over the bride! In this lively edition of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, join Rae Wilson as we venture over the bridge to greener pastures. Perfectly paced for a mid-day break or story time at home, this version is designed to keep listeners entertained.

While parenting styles and social norms have evolved since these fables were first told, the lessons they teach—about kindness, hard work, and honesty—remain as relevant as ever.


Music in this episode is created by:

"Frost Waltz (Alternate)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Lazy Grin" David Renda (fesliyanstudios.com)
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Fairytale lovers of all ages, will enjoy this collection of timeless classics, as Ms. Rae takes you into the woods and to far off places.

SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Forget Me
Not Fairy Tales.

Classic stories for book lovers
of all ages.

The three Billy Goats Grub.

Story collected by Peter Kristen
Adsportsen and Jorn Moe.

Once upon a time there were
three Billy Goats who were to go

up to the hillside 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 Grub to

cross the bridge.

Trip trap trip trap went the
bridge.

Who's that tripping over my
bridge?

roared the troll.

SPEAKER_01: Oh it is only I, the
tiniest billy goat grub.

And I'm going up to the hillside
to make myself fat, said the

billy goat with such a small
voice.

SPEAKER_00: Now I'm coming to
gobble you up, said the troll.

SPEAKER_01: 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.

SPEAKER_00: 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

hillside to make myself fat,
said the billy groat, 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? 'Tis 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,
poked his eyes out with his

horns, and crushed him to bits,
body and bones, and tossed him

out into the burden.

And after that, he went up to
the hillside.

There, the billy goats got so
fat they were scarce able to

walk home again.

And if the fat hasn't fallen off
them, why they're still fat and

so snip snap snout.

This tale's told out.

Fairy tales contain many morals.

One lesson from this story is
Don't be a bully.

Picking on others just because
they are smaller is not kind and

can lead to trouble.

Remember, you are always smaller
than someone else, and you don't

want them to pick on you.

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