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huge boulder that happened to be on our well-manicured lawn.
    Just then, I found the answer that had eluded me. “A promise,” I said aloud.
    —Judy R.
    ANALYSIS: Trolls are thought to turn to stone in sunlight. It is said that some boulders that seem to have faces in them were once trolls.
    —H. B. & T. D.

This creature only comes out at night:

Here’s what else I know about it:
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Riddles I’d use to outwit a troll:

Promises I never should have made:
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    Promises I’ll keep forever:
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Diagram for a board game called
“
T RICK THE T ROLL
” in which players ask riddles and move their pieces with each correct answer:
    Design the game board:

    Pictures or list of game pieces required to play:
    Rules and instructions:
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The horn that jutted from its forehead was twisted to an end that looked sharp.
    FROM B OOK 3: L UCINDA’S S ECRET

UNICORNS
    My little sister has a ton of unicorns. She has stuffed animals, porcelain figurines, little plastic toys in pink and blue and yellow. They have the bodies and hooves of horses. Some of them have gold horns, but most of the horns are long and white, like the spiral of a shell. And, of course, they curl up in girls’ laps like kittens.
    They don’t look anything like real unicorns.
    Real unicorns are smaller than a horse and more slender. They look a little like deer, but they look a little like goats, too. Their toes are splayed and their horns look too big and heavy for their heads. But the most important difference is that theydon’t come in blue or pink or even really white. They’re a muddy cream color, the way white socks get after you wear them a couple of times.
    You’re probably wondering how I know what unicorns look like, especially since I’m a boy, especially since I