The Boy, the Troll and the Chalk

Everybody knew that a big fierce troll lived in the cave. Only one child cannot turn their back on the troll. One day, he draws a flower with every petal coloured in but one, and leaves the chalk outside the cave. The next day, the flower has been completed. Day-by-day, the boy and the troll finish each other’s drawings, until they one shows a boy holding hands with a fierce, scary troll. “But you’re not a troll,” says the boy. “You’re a boy – just like me.” Patience, kindness and the power of art win out in the end: the two boys wordlessly draw together. Soon everyone joins in and forgets that there was ever a troll inside the cave.