Mallie and the Trow

In the Shetland Isles the trows are strange and magical creatures. They’re capable of great kindness and also great mischief.

Mallie, a young mother, had four wee bairns to feed and a husband lost at sea.

She had reached rock bottom and needed help but no-one would help her.

Then, as the night drew in, there was a knock at the door.

It was a little man dressed in grey with a little grey hat on top of his head. He was a trow – a Shetland hill trow. Once they were Scandinavian trolls ... now they are the Shetland fairy folk - the 'grey neighbours'.

What do you do when a weird small trow appears on your doorstep in the middle of the night?

Would you invite him in and share what little you have?

Or would you slam the door shut and hide under your bed? 

Thanks to Mallie’s kind heart and good nature her fortunes were about to change.

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Tom Muir - Mallie and the Trow

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Mallie and the Trow