Maewyn bridgepost, the tiniest hapenny, a race of little people, spends her days, from breakfast to midnight nibble, scrubbing the hearth, slopping the pigs, and cooking for her guardian, gelbane, who never spares a kind...Maewyn bridgepost, the tiniest hapenny, a race of little people, spends her days, from breakfast to midnight nibble, scrubbing the hearth, slopping the pigs, and cooking for her guardian, gelbane, who never spares a kind word. As if life as a servant isn't bad enough, mae learns that gelbane is a troll and hapennies are a troll delicacy.