Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober Season 2. This is episode 27 for Monday the twenty-seventh of October, 2025.
All Medical Staff Should Be Briefed In Local Legends
by Elizabeth Guilt
Helen had her coat on when the junior tapped on her door.
"Doctor? Sorry. The little girl... Her broken legs... They're..."
"They're what?"
"They're... Mending. In huge solid lumps."
"Where was she found?"
"Romsdal somewhere, her injuries..."
"Where exactly?"
"I don't know, maybe Trolldalen?"
Helen ran to the ward.
"Stop treatment immediately!"
She brushed aside colleagues, and held out a shaking hand.
"I'll take you home."
The patient slid out of bed, knees making grinding noises as she limped.
Helen coaxed her into the car and, later, watched her swarm straight up the rocks, back to her father's stony court.
Trolldalen is a real place in Norway - it means "the troll valley". I visited this summer, and it's beautiful. As far as I'm aware, though, baby trolls being mistaken for human children there is just something I made up.