From the Valley of Lingus to the River Waduckus,
To the mystical Mountains of Huckus Amuckus,
From the Shores of Madiddy to the Applestone Sea,
No tale’s as famous as the Troll Brothers Three.

Their small little hut was in Old Maladime.
Their tempers were short and they fought all the time.
One day their Mother had seen more than enough.
She packed up her Hackeling bag with her stuff.

She slammed the front door with a sigh and a huff.
Without her around, they fought even more rough.
(But do not be worried for the Troll Brother’s fate.
Trolls are grown up by the time they turn eight.)

Later the smallest, named Small Itty Brother,
Came in with a note from the Three Brother’s Mother.
The next biggest brother grabbed the note right away.
“I’ll read this letter,” he started to say.

“No you will not, Sorta Kinda Big Brother,
The biggest should read it, that’s me and no other.”
They both sat and listened to Brother Enormous
“It seems that our mother wrote this to inform us.”

“She’s splitting us up, since we fight everyday.
And our Troll Dad agrees that there’s no other way.
One of us trolls has to leave by the morning,
And also she added a personal warning.”

“If no one has left by the time she comes back,
She’ll eat us all up for her afternoon snack!”
(Now even though trolls are ugly and tough,
I assure you this warning was merely a bluff.)

The Trolls became panicked one had to go!
Who should it be? And how would they know?
The Three Troll Brothers all started to shout.
Itty proclaimed, “You two can’t kick me out!”

Sorta Kinda Big Brother was yelling now, too.
“If someone must leave, it should be one of you.”
Brother Enormous said, “It won’t be me!
You can’t push me out, you just wait and see!”

Then Itty thought of his best idea ever.
It was mean and despicable, but also real clever.
“It you two don’t leave,” Itty said with a laugh,
“I’ll take all your clothes and I’ll tear them in half.”

Sorta Kinda Big Brother answered back with a squeak,
“You tore all the pants that I own just last week!
Now if someone won’t pack and get out of this hut,
I’ll taunt both of you till your ears will slam shut.”

Brother Enormous just laughed as he spoke.
“You already do that, this must be a joke.
Now leave or I’ll pick you both up by your toes,
And then I’ll stick Wickerloo bugs up your nose.”

Itty said, “Well, I would like to see how,
Since you already did there are two up there now!”

“Hmmmmm,” said Itty Brother.
“Hmmmmm,” said Kinda Sorta Big Brother.
“Hmmmmm,” said Brother Enormous.

They realized the truth, each one by one.
There was nothing to do that hadn’t been done.
But what would occur when their Mother got in?
Whenever she argued, they just couldn’t win.

It seems that they’d have to try something quite new,
And stick with each other till it was all through.

When Troll Mom came home, she got a surprise:
No loud sounds of yelling, no insults, or cries.
Small Itty Brother was sewing up clothes,
While Brother Enormous pulled bugs from his nose.

Kinda Sorta Big Brother was just very kind.
Three better brothers would be hard to find.
When she asked who was leaving, they simply refused.
Needless to say, this left her confused.

“When we weren’t being horrible,” said Itty Brother,
“We found that we actually like one another.”
She smiled when they said there would be no more fighting,
But as she hugged them, she asked if they’d put that in writing.