Summary

Each time Astri looks back, she sees that Svaalberd is still following, but is a long way behind. Astri says they need a pair of seven-league boots that will take them seven leagues in a single step. They arrive at a bridge and fear a noise they hear is a troll living under the bridge. Astri says Greta and Spinning Girl should go first, but should say that any trolls should wait for their big sister. They do. When Astri crosses, she says any trolls under the bridge should wait for the goatman who is following, because he will make an even larger meal. A voice calls out that he plans to eat Astri but then a boy appears with his fishing pole and some fish. He laughs at having fooled the girls into thinking he was...