Do you think you are pretty/handsome?

Trolls, by their nature, are solitary creatures.  They live alone because they are extremely territorial and will fight to protect what they see as theirs.

After a troll is born, its mother will nurture it for no longer than three months.  After three months, a toll baby will open its eyes and, because eye contact can be a threatening gesture, the mother will abandon it to the elements.  The baby trolls that survive learn quickly to survive and will, once they realize what trolls are like, shun their own kind.

Names are rare among trolls.  If a troll lives close enough to humans, he or she will quickly become known as "The Troll".  Trolls do not normally think of themselves by name.  Rarely, trolls even achieve language; however, there are always exceptions.  Cassandra the Troll is one such example.

39

Perro: The Ugliest Dog
(A Picture Book)

Perro the dog was sad, but not because he was ugly.

Perro was definitely an ugly dog. He even won the "Ugliest Dog Contest", paws down.

Perro the dog was not sad because people stared at him.

Perro only had fur on the top of his head, the tip of his tail and on his ankles. The patchy fur didn't make him sad, even though there were not many people who liked to pet him.

Perro the dog's tongue hung out of his mouth. It made him thirsty on dry days, but his tongue hanging out was not making him sad.

Perro the dog had short, skinny legs.

Perro the dog had a long, skinny neck.

Perro the dog had a big head with big eyes that looked everywhere but the same place.

These things did not make Perro sad, either.

Perro had a whole rainbow of homemade sweaters to wear on cold days. Being a dog in a sweater, however, didn't make Perro sad.