ouder,
and, before you could spell "cat" or "rat," out from under a big, tall
tree stepped a big, tall giant. Oh, he was a fearful looking fellow! His
head was as big as a washtub full of clothes on a Monday morning, and
his legs were so long that I guess he could have hopped, skipped and
jumped across the street in about three steps.

"Oh, look!" whispered Bully.

"Oh, isn't he terrible!" said Bawly, softly.

"Hush!" cautioned their papa. "Please keep quiet and maybe he won't see
us."

So they kept as quiet as they could, hoping the giant would pass by, but
instead he came right over to the stump, and the first any one knew he
had sat down on the top of it. I tell you it's a good thing Bully and
Bawly and their papa had hopped off or they would have been crushed
flat. But they weren't, I'm glad to say, for they were hiding down
behind the stump, and they didn't dare hop away for fear the giant would
see, or hear them.

The big man sat on the stump, and he looked all about, and he saw some
bread and watercress crumbs where Bully and Bawly and their papa had
been eating their lunch.

"My!" exclaimed the giant. "Some one has been having dinner here. Oh,
how hungry I am! I wish I had some dinner. I believe I could eat the
hind legs of a dozen frogs if I had them!"

Well, you should have seen poor Bully and Bawly tremble when they heard
that.

"This must be a terrible giant," said Mr. No-Tail. "Now I tell you what
I am going to do. Bully, I will hide you and Bawly in this hollow stump,
and then I'll hop out where the giant can see me. He'll chase after me,
but I'll hop away as fast as I can, and perhaps I can get to some water
and hide before he catches me. Then he'll be so far away from the stump
that it will be safe for you boys to come out."

Well, Bully and Bawly didn't want their papa to do that, fearing he
would be hurt, but he said it was best, so they hid inside the stump,
and out Mr. No-Tail hopped to where the giant could see him. Papa
No-Tail expected the big man would chase after him, but instead the
giant never moved and only looked at the frog and then he laughed and
said:

"Hello, Mr. Frog! Let's see you hop!" And then, what do you think that
giant did? Why he took off his head, which wasn't real, being hollow and
made of paper, like a false face, so that his own head went inside of
it. And there he was only a nice, ordinary man after all.

"What! Aren't you a giant?" cried Papa No-Tail, who wa