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The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll the boy took his gold and silver and paid off the family debt. The story was adapted into a 1967 puppet animation directed by Ivo Caprino, titled "Gutten som kappåt med trollet". The film credits Peter Christen Asbjørnsen as having collected the tale, despite "Norwegian Folktales" attributing it to Jørgen Moe. The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll The Boy Who Had an Eating Match with a Troll () is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. The troll is, as commonly depicted, not very intelligent and has poor vision, while the boy is clever,