"About Ash Lad, Who Stole the Troll's Silver Ducks, Coverlet, and Golden Harp" (Dano-Norwegian: Om Askeladden, som stjal Troldets Sølvænder, Sengetæppe og Guldharpe) is a Norwegian folktale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norwegian Folktales (Norske Folkeeventyr No.
The youngest brought a kneading-trough, the only thing their parents had left behind, which his brothers had not bothered with.
One day he stuck out the nail instead of his finger, then the birch-pin, and finally the taper-end, at which point they concluded he was fat enough.
He sat in the corner dressed in her clothing, and the troll ate his daughter and asked if he didn't want any.
That made him burst, and the youth took all the troll's gold and silver, and with them won the princess's hand in marriage and half the kingdom.
The tale has been categorized as Aarne-Thompson type 328 "The Boy Steals the Giant's Treasure".