JACK, THE GIANT KILLER.

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apes was a small boy, but he was not afraid of giants.

He killed the great giant Cormoran, and cut off his
head. Afterwards he slew the great Welsh giant, whom
everybody feared. The King’s son became very fond of
Jack, and told him that the Princess he wished to marry
was in the hands of an enchanter, and there was no one to
set her free. Jack said, “I will do it;” so he went to a
castle where lived a three-headed giant, and obtained from
him an old coat, an old hat and an old pair of shoes.

The coat made Jack invisible, and putting it on he went
to the house of the enchanter, Gala Gantua, over whose
door hung a great horn, with the words on it:

“Whoever can this trumpet blow,
Shall cause the giant’s overthrow.”

Jack blew a blast that made the walls shake, and all the
animals fell down dead. All were Princes and Princesses
who had been changed into animals by the enchanter, who
never let them escape. The Prince, who came with Jack,
found that the Princess whom he loved had been changed
into a gazelle. They were soon married, and went to live
in the Prince’s own palace. Jack married a high-born lady
and they lived happily together in the enchanter’s castle.

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