English Fairy Tales

, a huge giant with two heads, having heard of the death of his kinsman, was on his way from the northern dales to be revenged, and wa

And this moat was spanned by a drawbridge. This, without a moment's delay, Jack ordered should be sawn on both sides at the middle, so as to only leav

he could smell him, for giants have keen noses. The

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blood of a

ve, or be

s bones to ma

erful as ever. "Then art thou

round everywhere for a glim

my kinsmen? Then, indeed, will I tear thee to pieces wit

doubling light as a feather, the monster following heavily like a walking tower, so that the very foundations of the earth seemed to shake at every step. At this game the onlookers nearly split their

the middle of the bridge his great weight, of course, broke the plank, and there he was fallen headlong into th

ment to do more than scoff. At last, however, he went for a rope, cast it over the giant's two heads, so, with t