Jack the Giant Killer by Richard Doyle

Author:Richard Doyle [Doyle, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-375-71227-2
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2000-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

Now when the king heard this offer and began to think of the cruel deeds of these most bloodthirsty and savage monsters, he gave Jack everything proper for such a journey. After this Jack took leave of the king and queen and all the knights, and set off, taking with him his cap of knowledge, his sword of sharpness, his shoes of swiftness and his invisible coat, the better to perform the great exploits that might fall in his way.

He went over hills and wild mountains, and on the third day he came to a large forest where, all of a sudden, he heard very dreadful cries. He forced his way through the trees, and saw a monstrous giant, dragging along by the hair of their heads a handsome knight and his beautiful lady. Their tears and cries melted the heart of honest Jack; he alighted from his horse and, tying him to a tree, put on his coat of darkness under which he carried his sword of sharpness. When he came up to the giant, he made several strokes at him with it but could not reach his body on account of the enormous height of the terrible creature. But he wounded his legs in several places; and at last, putting both hands to his sword and aiming with all his might, he sliced off both his legs, a little below the knee. The trunk of the giant’s body tumbling to the ground made not only the trees shake, but the earth itself tremble with its weight.

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