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Introduction to Earth Zoology, Wednesday, period 1
"Welcome back, students," Jenkins greeted at the top of the class. The projector screen had been hung again, and an old reel-to-reel film projector was set out in the center of the table, behind the slide projector. "I hope you all had interesting weekends, whether or not you had any guests to visit. I certainly found my meetings with your varied friends and family quite enlightening.
"This is, I believe, our last class before the autumn break. The school is sponsoring a skiing trip during the break, so I thought it might be interesting to take a look at a creature native to snowy, mountainous regions — though I shouldn't think you'll be so unlucky as to encounter them in the Austrian Alps. If you should meet with one — and survive — I would be very much obliged if you could collect a sample or two. . . . I suppose I am getting ahead of myself. Our topic of the week is the Norwegian troll."
The lights dimmed, and the first slide came up, a map showing the region in question.
"Norway is one of several countries included in the region of Scandinavia, to the far north of the European continent. Much of the landmass of this region lies above what's known as the Arctic Circle, meaning that for weeks in the summer they get constant sunlight, and weeks in the winter unending darkness. It is an area, as you might imagine, well known for its fantastic and bizarre animal life — remind me to tell you all about the polar bear, one of these weeks. The Norwegian troll is one of the most elusive of these beasts, an enormous and foul tempered creature, generally humanoid in form, with an enormous nose and long, yak-like tails." He called up an illustration from a children's book. "With apologies to the lovely Tove Jansson, they do not, in my world at least, resemble friendly hippos in the least."
He hit the button again and another illustration popped up, this one darker and with more of a fairy tale feel. "Much has been made of the troll in folklore: they dim-witted and bumbling, they are voracious man-eaters. They live in caves or under bridges, and turn to stone when struck with sunlight. All these things are true. As such,it would be utter foolishness for me to attempt to expose you to the creatures in the flesh — either we'd be looking at little more than a vaguely human-shaped rock formation, or we'd be running for our lives. Fortunately for you all, a group of amateur documentarians set out to encounter them for us, so we may still get to see some of them in action."
He hit a few buttons on his remote, and the slide projector switched off while the film projector rattled to life. "I've selected a dubbed version of today's film, for those of you not yet experienced in reading English. You lose some of the charm of the original Norwegian, but the shouts of 'TROLL!' at least translate perfectly well either way."
"This is, I believe, our last class before the autumn break. The school is sponsoring a skiing trip during the break, so I thought it might be interesting to take a look at a creature native to snowy, mountainous regions — though I shouldn't think you'll be so unlucky as to encounter them in the Austrian Alps. If you should meet with one — and survive — I would be very much obliged if you could collect a sample or two. . . . I suppose I am getting ahead of myself. Our topic of the week is the Norwegian troll."
The lights dimmed, and the first slide came up, a map showing the region in question.
"Norway is one of several countries included in the region of Scandinavia, to the far north of the European continent. Much of the landmass of this region lies above what's known as the Arctic Circle, meaning that for weeks in the summer they get constant sunlight, and weeks in the winter unending darkness. It is an area, as you might imagine, well known for its fantastic and bizarre animal life — remind me to tell you all about the polar bear, one of these weeks. The Norwegian troll is one of the most elusive of these beasts, an enormous and foul tempered creature, generally humanoid in form, with an enormous nose and long, yak-like tails." He called up an illustration from a children's book. "With apologies to the lovely Tove Jansson, they do not, in my world at least, resemble friendly hippos in the least."
He hit the button again and another illustration popped up, this one darker and with more of a fairy tale feel. "Much has been made of the troll in folklore: they dim-witted and bumbling, they are voracious man-eaters. They live in caves or under bridges, and turn to stone when struck with sunlight. All these things are true. As such,it would be utter foolishness for me to attempt to expose you to the creatures in the flesh — either we'd be looking at little more than a vaguely human-shaped rock formation, or we'd be running for our lives. Fortunately for you all, a group of amateur documentarians set out to encounter them for us, so we may still get to see some of them in action."
He hit a few buttons on his remote, and the slide projector switched off while the film projector rattled to life. "I've selected a dubbed version of today's film, for those of you not yet experienced in reading English. You lose some of the charm of the original Norwegian, but the shouts of 'TROLL!' at least translate perfectly well either way."
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