with the Ice Queen, who was doomed from the beginning?~ * + ^ + * ~
"Mm! Super good lamb!", Said Burly and reached with his unwashed, chunky fingers for another piece of meat that had seen better days and that had more flies than fat on it.
"Super good lamb!" Echoed blabber word.
"Delicious, delicious," agreed Bluebell.
Little by little the cluttered table of the new rulers of the 3rd Kingdom emptied as lunch drew to a close.
Although each of the three trolls wanted to see themselves as sole ruler, they had wisely been able to agree on a common reign in which each had an equal say. Even if this characteristic did not immediately catch the eye, trolls could also be extremely astute, and after their father was so deviously murdered by the Wicked Queen, they had to make sure that their kingdom and its legacy did not wither.Relish should be proud of his children, even if he never saw them accomplish anything, his death would not have been in vain.
The three siblings were now completely on their own, and should they ever get into trouble or even jail, there would be no one left to get them out. Not that they would want to get into such a situation again.
After their mother had simply left them so early, they had only had their father, who must have been a little overwhelmed with the task of raising three trolls, but he had done his best.
"Hey, Burly, do you think they'll get married here?" Blabberwort asked with his mouth full and at the same time reached for her filled wine glass.
"Who?" Burly asked back.
"Well, the witch and the wolf. Do you think they'll invite us too?"
"Are we going to take our best carriage then?", Bluebell asked excitedly and for a moment forgot about the food on - and next to - his plate."Who knows?" Burly replied, ignoring his brother.
"I also want to have a really big party!" She pronounced the word as if it were the most difficult foreign word of the entire 9 kingdoms. "And wear a dress and then I'd be the prom queen and everyone would want to dance with me ..." Blabberwort's eyes shone as she folded her hands and sank into her daydreams. "And the prince would only have eyes for me ..."
"Wendell is the prince, no, even the king," interjected Burly.
"Why should Wendell only have eyes for you?", Bluebell wanted to know from his sister. "Besides, you don't have a dress, and if you did, you wouldn't fit in! Hahargh-" The youngest troll's fit of laughter was literally suffocated in the throat by a deliberately thrown club piece.
"Swallow, brother," Blabberwort rebuked, before she got back to her 'Prince Charming'. "Wendell? Yuck! I'd rather stay a maid!"
That statement made both brothers burst out laughing, and Blabberwort's cheeks turned the rich orange of their hair."Shut up!" She yelled, but to no purpose. Your brothers were just too stupid. * Branded with intelligence, * she thought ironically. * What a cross. *