This clas_sic nursery tale, ÒThe Three BearsÓ re_tains all the elem_ents you re_member from your child_hood, but cer_tain de_tails pe_culiar to this Nor_wegian ver_sion place the story deep with_in the ma_jes_tic Nor_dic for_est. First pub_lished in 1864, Peter Christen As_bj¿rn_senÕs text has nev_er pre_viously ap_pear_ed in Eng_lish.
Peter Christen As_bj¿rn_sen is most fa_mous for the Nor_wegian folk_lore he pub_lished in the mid_dle of the 19th cen_tury, to_gether with J¿r_gen Moe. Tales such as ÒThe Three Bil_ly-goats GruffÓ and ÒEast of the Sun and West of the MoonÓ are part of our world lit_era_ture.