PRINCE RICARDO. 199

set of double teeth of enormous size flew up
out of the ground and caught Ricardo by the
throat! In vain he strove to separate the
teeth, when the crow, stooping from the
heavens, became the Princess Jaqueline, and
changed Dick into a wren—a tiny bird, so
small that he easily flew out of the jaws of the
Giant and winged his way to a tree, whence he
watched the scene.

But the poor Princess Jaqueline!

To perform the feat of changing Dick into a
bird she had, of course, according to all the
laws of magic, to resume her own natural
form !

There she stood, a beautiful, trembling
maiden, her hands crossed on her bosom,
entirely at the mercy of the Giant!

No sooner had Dick escaped than the monster
began to collect himself; and before Jaqueline
could muster strength to run away or summon
to her aid the lessons of the Fairy Paribanou,
the Giant who never Knew when he had Enough
was himself again. A boy might have climbed
up a tree (for giants are no tree-climbers, any
more than the grizzly bear), but Jaqueline could
not climb. She merely stood, pale and
trembling. She had saved Dick, but at an
enormous . sacrifice, for the sword and the
Seven-league Boots were lying on the trampled
grass. He had not brought the Cap of Dark-
ness, and, in the shape of a wren, of course he