THE GIANT 



pie, " for a couple of huge bears have been seen 

 near the village." 



" Oh, I don't care for them. If they come too 

 near me, throw some stones at me to waken me," 

 he said with a yawn. 



The bears came, and the people threw the 

 stones and grabbed their spears. The giant sat 

 up. 



" Where are they? I see no bears. Where 

 are they? " he asked. 



"There! There! Don't you see them? " cried 

 the Inuit. 



"What! those little things! They are not 

 worth all this bustle. They are nothing but small 

 foxes." And he crushed one between his fingers, 

 and put the other into the eyelet of his boot to 

 strangle it. 



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