DA TROW (TROLL IN SHETLANDIC)

Dey wir eence a trow at baed anunder a brig. (Maist trows bide in hadds anunder hills.) Aboot da sam time, fram apö da far haaf, dey wir some pirates dat baed apön a ship. (Dat’s whaar pirates is meant ta bide.) But by a series of coincidences the unfortunate troll (who cannot find any goats to eat) and the incompetent pirates (who cannot find any treasure) will find that their paths cross, with dramatic consequences.