of the house,
the people flying before him like chaff before the wind. At this news
the very boldest of the guests trembled; but Jack drew his sword, and
said: "Let him come; I have a rod for him also. Pray, ladies and
gentlemen, do me the favor to walk into the garden, and you shall soon
behold the giant's defeat and death."

To this they all agreed, and heartily wished him success in his
dangerous attempt.

The knight's house stood in the middle of a moat, thirty feet deep and
twenty wide, over which lay a drawbridge. Jack set men to work to cut
the bridge on both sides, almost to the middle, and then dressed
himself in his coat of darkness and went against the giant with his
sword of sharpness. As he came close to him, though the giant could
not see him for his invisible coat, yet he found some danger was near,
which made him cry out:

"Fa, fe, fi, fo, fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman;
Let him be alive, or let him be dead,
I'll grind his bones to make me bread."

"Say you so, my friend?" said Jack; "you are a monstrous miller,
indeed!"

"Art thou," cried the giant, "the villain that killed my kinsmen? Then
I will tear thee with my teeth and grind thy bones to powder."

"You must catch me first," said Jack; and throwing off his coat of
darkness, and putting on his shoes of swiftness he began to run, the
giant following him like a walking castle, making the earth shake at
every step.

Jack led him round and round the walls of the house, that the company
might see the monster; then, to finish the work, he ran over the
drawbridge, the giant going after him with his club; but when he came
to the middle, where the bridge had been cut on both sides, the great
weight of his body made it break, and he tumbled into the water, where
he rolled about like a large whale. Jack now stood by the side of the
moat, and laughed and jeered at him, saying, "I think you told me you
would grind my bones to powder; when will you begin?"

The giant foamed at both his horrid mouths with fury, and plunged from
side to side of the moat; but he could not get out to have revenge on
his little foe. At last Jack ordered a cart-rope to be brought to him:
he then drew it over the giant's two heads, and, by the help of a team
of horses, dragged him to the edge of the moat, where he cut off his
heads; and before he either ate or drank, sent them both to the court
of King Arthur. He then went back to the table with the