Long ago in the land of vikings and trolls In the kongelig fylke known as Valdres The most famous of all the gnomes was known as the Beitogubben. He lived in the skog On the edge of the fjell And only came out When darkness fell Hans met him one dark cold night In the vinter When there is no light And the gubben said to Hans "don't be afraid I am a nice gammel troll but I get moody in the darkness of vinter... in exchange for your baked kringle I will protect all of the children" That evening there was a grand old tog Hans brought his Norwegian old-world kringler The local barna sat with the old troll And they all feasted on fresh baked kringler, pølser and rolls A bonfire was burning The children were singing And the gnarlig old troll proclaimed to hanskringler There has never been anything so crisp and flakey It is utrolig herlig. . . gourmet and delicious I will make you the king of Danish And perhaps one day You will be famous. |









