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"Of Pipes and Potions"?

• The sister-trolls, Dotta and Grimhildr have different jobs. What does each one do?
• List some of the ingredients in Dotta’s special sleeping potion.
• Who are Pipi and Fug?
• How does Halvor, the big man, lose Kishi?
• What promise does Halvor give to the trolls?
• How does the minke whale get separated from his mother?
• What are the three names Big People call the minke whale?
• Why are the Big People so excited to see it?
• There are two reasons why Halvor disagrees with Sly-Erik’s plan. Can you think what they are?
• Which of Sly-Erik’s crew has a left-eye squint?
• Who has worked alongside Sly-Erik for many years?
• Why does Valdrik always have to be with Galmann?
• It is essential Dotta remembers how to play her pipes. Why?
• Try to decide which character is the hero in this story. Explain why you have chosen that one.

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