Summary

Chapter Thirty: The Stiltskin

Bruno and Frederick made an excuse to their father and went with Rump by horse and carriage to the hidden gold. The baby was with them because Oswald insisted that Rump take him everywhere. In just a half-hour they arrived at the area near the woods where Rump claimed the gold was hidden. He walked carefully to the tree – watch your step rang in his ears – and spotted the snare. He stepped in it and it yanked him high in the air bringing the trolls out from the deeper woods. Rump yelled, “Trolls!” and pretended he was afraid of them. Bruno and Frederick were so afraid that they ran for the carriage and took off.

Rump was out of the castle! Now, he had to find his stiltskin. Two things were different since the last time Rump and the...