The Complete {Scientific} History of Troll Kind
(As Translated by Branch)
Prologue
It began one day at the library when Poppy had finally finished going through the fourteen Fun-ipedias that resided there. Branch had been going through the practical matters when one, old, worn book in the corner of the room caught his attention. It looked almost as though it had been thrown into the library in great haste. He picked it up, and it became clear that this book was very old, and yet, there was no dust on the cover. This caught his interest, and as he turned it around to read the cover, he realized something else:
He couldn’t read it.
“Poppy!” Branch walks over to her, handing her the book. “Can you read this?”
“Nope.” She shakes her head, handing it back to him after a minute. “Do you know what it is?”
“I think it’s an old troll language if I had to guess.” Branch looks around the library. “I’m gonna see if I can start to translate it. Maybe it’s important.”
“Good idea, Branch!” Poppy grins, grabbing a ‘how to do even more scrapbooking’ scrapbook off a shelf. “We both can do some research then!” He smiles a bit.
“I’ll let you know if it says anything important.”
“Why don’t you just rewrite it?” Poppy asks, tilting her head slightly.
“Rewrite it?” Branch looks at her, a bit shocked at the suggestion.
“Yeah! Then you don’t have to tell me everything, and then anyone will be able to read it anyhow.” Poppy smiles, “And if its super important, we’ll need a readable copy anyhow.”
Branch nods, already getting to work.
A few hours later, he calls over Poppy again. “I think I got it!”
“Really?” Poppy asks, hopping onto the desk he was working at.
“Yeah,” He slides his small journal over. “After using like fifty scrapbooks, I worked out that it’s the first troll language on record here at the library.
“Wow!” Poppy’s eyes sparkle. “That’s so cool, so what’ the book about?” She gestures to the book that started this whole thing.
“Uh here let me--” He slides his guide and the book back in front of him, translating it quickly. “The complete history of Troll Kind.” He reads before they both look at each other.
“Really?” Poppy grabs it and opens it. “It looks like some one’s old doodle book!”
“it’s a field guide!” Branch exclaims, suddenly very excited. “I have one, you draw really quick to try and explain what you find while doing field research.” He says, grabbing the book from her. “Should we keep translating it?”
“Yeah!” Poppy grabs her scrapbooking supplies. “You translate, and I’ll record!”
“Okay, but we’re going to keep the original drawings. It’s important too.”
“Well yeah, but they won’t last long in that binding.”
“Alright, let’s get to work!”