'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' read by Gary Oldman — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Storyline Online Intro]
2. 0:06Welcome to Storyline Online,
3. 0:09Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
4. 0:12I’m Gary Oldman
5. 0:13And today I’m going to read
6. 0:15The Three Billy Goats Gruff
7. 0:17Retold by Mac Barnett
8. 0:19And illustrated by Jon Klassen
9. 0:23Once upon a time,
10. 0:25there was a bridge.
11. 0:27And beneath that bridge,
12. 0:30there lived a troll.
13. 0:33The troll would sit in the mud
14. 0:36and the rubble and trash,
15. 0:38listening,
16. 0:39waiting,
17. 0:41hoping for someone to cross the bridge
18. 0:44above his head.
19. 0:46“I am a troll.
20. 0:47I live to eat.
21. 0:49I love the sound of hooves and feet
22. 0:52and paws and claws on cobblestones.
23. 0:56For that’s the sound
24. 0:59of meat and bones!”
25. 1:02The troll
26. 1:04used a filthy fingernail to scrape the wax out of his ears.
27. 1:10All he’d eaten lately was a leather boot
28. 1:12and some goop
29. 1:14he’d found in his belly button.
30. 1:16He was practically starving.
31. 1:19“Clip, clop! Clip, clop!”
32. 1:22went the bridge above his head.
33. 1:25The troll scrambled to his feet
34. 1:27and climbed into the light, crying,
35. 1:30“Who seeks to reach the grassy ridge?
36. 1:34Who dares to walk across my bridge?”
37. 1:38A little goat stood there, quivering.
38. 1:41“It’s only me,” said the goat.
39. 1:44“A billy goat. My last name’s Gruff.”
40. 1:49The troll began to dance and stomp.
41. 1:53“I love goat!
42. 1:56Let me count the ways.
43. 1:58A rump of goat in honey glaze.
44. 2:02Goat smoked,
45. 2:03goat poached,
46. 2:05a goat pot roast.
47. 2:07Goat smorgasbord!
48. 2:10Goat smeared on toast!
49. 2:12A goat kale salad — hold the kale.
50. 2:16Goat escargot! (That’s goat plus snails.)
51. 2:20On goat I’ll dine, on goat I’ll sup.
52. 2:23You little goat,
53. 2:26I’ll eat you up!”
54. 2:28“Please!” said the little goat.
55. 2:31“No! You don’t want to eat me!
56. 2:34There’s hardly any meat on my bones!”
57. 2:37The troll squinted.
58. 2:39Now that he mentioned it,
59. 2:41this goat did look kind of stringy.
60. 2:45The little goat smiled.
61. 2:48“If you let me cross,
62. 2:51I’ll tell you a secret:
63. 2:54Soon my big brother will come this way,
64. 2:57and he is much fatter
65. 2:58and tastier than I am.”
66. 3:01“Your big brother, huh?” said the troll.
67. 3:04He tugged the long hair that  grew from his chin.
68. 3:09“OK.
69. 3:11You may pass.”
70. 3:13And the first Billy Goat Gruff
71. 3:16trotted
72. 3:16clip clop clip clop
73. 3:19across the bridge.
74. 3:21Down below, the troll chuckled to himself.
75. 3:25“I can’t believe I tricked that goat
76. 3:27into telling me about his big brother.
77. 3:31I’m so smart!
78. 3:32And fun
79. 3:34and handsome.”
80. 3:35“Clip, clop! Clip, clop!”
81. 3:37went the bridge
82. 3:38above his head.
83. 3:40The troll scrambled to his feet
84. 3:42and climbed into the light,
85. 3:43crying,
86. 3:44“Who seeks to reach the grassy ridge?
87. 3:47Who dares to walk across my bridge?”
88. 3:50It was another goat.
89. 3:53“It’s only me,”
90. 3:55said the goat.
91. 3:56“The second of the Billy Goats Gruff.”
92. 3:59The troll was glad to see this goat was not so small.
93. 4:03He clapped his hands together and squealed.
94. 4:06“I love goat!
95. 4:10Let me count the ways!
96. 4:12Goat Benedict with hollandaise.
97. 4:14Goat jerky, jerk goat, curried goat.
98. 4:18Goat gravy in a silver boat.
99. 4:20A goat flambé with candied yams.
100. 4:24A goat clambake, with goat, not clams!
101. 4:27On goat I’ll dine, on goat I’ll sup.
102. 4:30You little goat,
103. 4:33I’ll eat you up!”
104. 4:36“Please!” said the goat.
105. 4:38“No!
106. 4:40You don’t want to eat me.”
107. 4:42The troll frowned.
108. 4:44“Why not?
109. 4:45You look delicious.”
110. 4:48The second goat smiled.
111. 4:52“I would only spoil your appetite.
112. 4:55For if you let me cross,
113. 4:57I’ll tell you a secret:
114. 5:00Soon my big brother will come this way,
115. 5:03and he is much fatter and tastier than I am.”
116. 5:07“Your big brother, huh?”
117. 5:09The troll whistled.
118. 5:13“I’d sure like to see that.”
119. 5:16He twirled his chin hair around his finger.
120. 5:20“OK.
121. 5:23You may pass.”
122. 5:25And the second Billy Goat Gruff trotted
123. 5:28clip clop clip clop
124. 5:30across the bridge.
125. 5:32Crouching down there in the dark,
126. 5:34the troll was bursting with anticipation.
127. 5:38“This third brother sounds positively mouthwatering!
128. 5:43I can’t wait to eat him.”
129. 5:46The troll picked at a scab.
130. 5:49“What rhymes with strudel?”
131. 5:53“CLIP, CLOP! CLIP, CLOP!”
132. 5:58went the bridge.
133. 6:00The troll began drooling.
134. 6:02“Oh my.
135. 6:03Here we go!”
136. 6:05He scrambled to his feet and flung himself into the light,
137. 6:08crying,
138. 6:09“Who seeks to reach the grassy ridge?
139. 6:12Who dares to walk across my bridge?”
140. 6:18“Oh...”
141. 6:20said the troll.
142. 6:22“Um... I, uh...I . . .
143. 6:29Wow.
144. 6:31You’re really big.”
145. 6:34The troll straightened himself up as tall as he could,
146. 6:38coughed,
147. 6:39and said in a voice that sounded quite small,
148. 6:43“I’ll eat you up...you little goat.”
149. 6:49The big goat laughed.
150. 6:53He lowered his horns and stamped his hoof.
151. 6:57“No,” said the goat.
152. 6:59“You will not.”
153. 7:02And the third Billy Goat Gruff
154. 7:04rammed into the troll,
155. 7:06who flew off the bridge,
156. 7:07into the rapids,
157. 7:09and over the waterfall
158. 7:11which was known as
159. 7:12“The Big Waterfall.”
160. 7:17Then he went over
161. 7:19“The Huge Waterfall.”
162. 7:22And then came the waterfall we call
163. 7:25“The Really Enormous Waterfall.”
164. 7:29The troll floated down the river,
165. 7:31around the bend.
166. 7:32Where he ended up, I really can’t say.
167. 7:35I’ve never gone that far.
168. 7:38There are too many mosquitoes.
169. 7:40As for the third goat,
170. 7:42he trotted
171. 7:43clip clop clip clop
172. 7:45and joined his brothers on the grassy ridge.
173. 7:49The three Billy Goats Gruff are still there today,
174. 7:52eating all they want,
175. 7:54getting nice and fat.
176. 7:56You can go visit them and say hello.
177. 8:00All you have to do
178. 8:03is cross the bridge.
179. 8:14The troll in this particular story,
180. 8:17the troll thinks that he's, uh, a lot smarter
181. 8:21than than the Billy Goats.
182. 8:24And in fact, it turns out
183. 8:27that they're that they're smarter than him.
184. 8:30Um, and of course,
185. 8:32he gets his comeuppance.
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