for she was half afraid that he had not come by it honestly . ` Oh , ' answered Minnikin , ' I have been home a while , and these hoops had fallen off some of our buckets , so I brought them away with me for you . ' So when the kitchen-maid heard that they were for her , she asked no more questions about the matter . She thanked Minnikin , and everything was right again at once . Next Thursday evening all went just the same , and everyone was full of grief and affliction , but Ritter Red said that he had been able to deliver the King 's daughter from one Troll , so that he could very easily deliver her from another , and he led her down to the sea-shore . But he did not do much harm to this Troll either , for when the time came when the Troll might be expected , he said as he had said before : ` It is better that one should die than two , ' and then climbed up into the tree again . Minnikin once more begged the cook 's leave to go down to the sea-shore for a short time . ` Oh , what can you do there ? ' said the cook . ` My dear , do let me go ! ' said Minnikin ; ' I should so like to go down there and amuse myself a little with the other children . ' So this time also she said that he should have leave to go , but he must first promise that he would be back by the time the joint was turned and that he would bring a great armful of wood with him . No sooner had Minnikin got down to the strand than the Troll came rushing along with a great whistling and whirring , and he was twice as big as the first Troll , and he had ten heads . ` Fire ! ' shrieked the Troll . ` Fire yourself ! ' said Minnikin . ` Can you fight ? ' roared the Troll . ` If not , I can learn , ' said Minnikin .
So the Troll struck XXXXX him with his iron club -- which was still bigger than that which the first Troll had had -- so that the earth flew ten yards up in the air .
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