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Dear Laura,
Here I was, minding my own business in the Jungle, eating this piece of cheese I found, when suddenly this Norn popped up and stole it! I chased it back to the Norn Terrarium and was crushed by a huge anvil! I tried hitting it with a huge mallet, but that backfired on me, and now I have a huge bump on my head and I am really hungry. Any advice on how to get my cheese back?
- Tom the Grendel

Dear Tom the Grendel,
If watching cartoons on the Hand's TV has taught me anything, it's that unnecessarily elaborate and wacky booby traps are an absolute must. Climb to the uppermost level of the Treehouse in the Norn Terrarium, after placing some cheese on the edge of the platform below. Get a long piece of rope and a heavy object like a volcanic rock, or preferably a piano, if you have one, and tie it onto the balcony. Then wait with an axe ready to cut the rope for when the Norn comes along and approaches the bait, squashing it KERSPLAT! Just be careful that the Norn doesn't pull any tricks and replace the cheese with eggs to lure you under there instead. I am 100% certain that this will not backfire on you, well... At least 99% sure (disclaimer: The Ask Laura column cannot be held responsible for flattened Grendels) but if this fails, I know of an Ettin who's handing out free pieces of finest mature cheddar!
- Laura