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he thought it best to travel as fast as he could. At Tength he
lost his way; and, when night came on, he was in a lonely
valley between two lofty mountains, where he walked about
for some hours, without seeing any dwelling-place, so he thought
himself very Iucky at Jast in finding a large and handsome
house. He went up to it boldly, and knocked loudly at the
gate ; when, to his great terror and surprise, there came forth
monstrous giant with two heats. He spoke to Jack very
civilly, for he was a Welsh giant, and all the mischief he did
was hy private and secret malice, under the show of friendship
and kindness. dack told him that he was a traveller who had
lost his way ; on which the huge monster made him weleome,
and 1 toa room, where there was a good bed to pass
the night in. Jack touk off his clothes quickly ; but though
he was so weary, he could not go to sleep. Soon after this, he
heard the \king backward and forward in the next
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thought Jack, “are these your tricks upon
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getting out of bed, he groped about the room, and at last found
a large thick billet of wood ; he laid it in his own place in the
bed, 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 very place where
Jack had laid the billet, and than he went back to his own
room, thinking he had broken all his bones. Karly in the
morning, Jack put a bold face upon the matter, and walked
into the giant's room io thank him for hislodging. ‘The giant
started when he saw him, and he began to stammer out— Oh,
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