"Dirty Sock Troll"by Claire Nobles
©2011
Medium: Watercolors
Size: ~7x7 inches
Dirty Sock Trolls have been unfairly forced into Sock Stealing since the Government Ogre Act of 1695 which declared that baby Trolls are required by law to collect socks for the upper class Ogres. Socks are seen as a status symbol in the realm of the fairie and the Ogres like their socks as dirty as possible. Sometimes the Baby Trolls like this one will mess up and steal clean socks that just look old and dirty. In this case, they are punished by being swung by their ears into the nearest grease fire and forced to wear the clean socks as a sign of disgrace. Obviously this baby troll has made a lot of mistakes as he is wearing many socks and his ears are abnormally long...
Baby trolls are slaves until they reach adolescence which can take 400 years. Because the law started in 1695, there is no telling what will happen when the Sock Trolls are fully grown and will probably want revenge on the Ogres... Some of the Sock Trolls shall start maturing in December of 2012 which is probably what the Mayans were referring to as destruction of the Earth... Really, there will just be a lot of ticked off Teenage Trolls roaming around the malls and other such places you don't want them.
The best course of action is to Occupy Sock Drawers by staying home all day catching the baby trolls. It is said that if you catch a Sock Troll and ship him to Spain, he will be free of the tyranny of the ogres and be able to take up a secret passion of bull fighting. Be sure to ship the troll in a box with tons of Febreze spray so that the Ogre Border Patrol won't come near the box and the baby trolls can escape!
This announcement was brought to you by the very strange yet harmless mind of Claire Nobles and the Occupy Sock Drawer Movement! Be sure to pick up a pamphlet at your local government office, (though you will get strange looks when inquiring). Thank you and good luck!
