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lie thought if best to travel as fast as he could. At length lie
lost his way; arid, when night came on, Ik* was in a lonely
valley between two lofty mountains. whore he walked about
for some hour;, without seeing tiny dwelling-place, so he thought
himself very luckv at last in finding a lartre and handsome
ar * *
house* Me went up to it boldly, aud knocked loudly at the
gate ; when, to his great terror and surprise, there came forth
a monstrous giant with two hca'ls. lie spoke to Jack very
civilly, !'<>r he was a Welsh giant* ami all the mischief he did
was hy private and secret malice, under the show of friendship
and kindness. Jack told him that he was a traveller who had
hist his way ; on which the huge monster made him welcome,
and led him into a room, where there was a good tad toj>ass
the night in. Jack look <dT his clothes (piickly ; hut thouiih
he was so weary, he could not go to sleep. Soon after this, he
heard the giant walking backward and forward in the next
room, and saving to himself,—
*■ Tlimifjh hrre you with me tlii^
Vmi slnll not *i*e (hr umriiinc 1i"hl ;
M y rlul> sli-ill y m i i b r a i n s » n t i j u i n , * ’
i: Say you so ! ” thought duck, " are these your trices upon
travellers? Hut 1 hope 10 prove as conning you.” Then
getting out ofbed, he groped about the room, and at last found
a large thick billet of wood ; he laid it in his own place in the
lied, and then hid himself in a dark corner of the room. In
the middle of the night the giant came with his great club, and
struck many heavy blows on the bed, in the vctv place where
Jack had laid the billet, and than he went hack to his own
room, thinking he had broken all his hones. Early in tbe
morning, Jack put a bold face upon the matter, and walked
into the giant's room to thank him for his lodging. The giant
started when he saw him, and he began to stammer out— ‘L Oh,
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