and was concealed in the copper. When the giant
returned in the evening, he lifted his nose and
bellowed: ‘Ha, Ha! I smell fresh meat.’

‘Some crows have brought a piece of carrion and

_have left it on the roof,’ said the wife.

‘I said fresh meat,’ retorted the giant; and not-
withstanding all his wife could say, searched all
through the kitchen. Jack was nearly dying with
fear, and wished himself at home; and when the
ogre approached the copper and put his hand on
the lid, Jack thought his last hour had struck.
The giant however forbore from lifting the lid,
and threw himself into his chair, storming at his
wife, whom he accused of having lost him his hen
and bags of money.
She hastened to dish up supper. He ate greedily,
and when satiated, bade the woman bring him
his harp. Jack peered from under the copper
lid, and saw the most beautiful harp that could
be imagined. It had a head like an angel, and
wings. When the harp was placed on the table,
the giant shouted ‘Play!’ whereupon the harp
played the most beautiful music of its own accord.
The giant listened, and fell asleep. Meanwhile
pene had finished washing-up and had retired
to bed.
Jack crept from the copper, and laid hold of the
harp. But the harp had instinct, and it cried out:
‘Master! Master! Master !’
The giant woke, rubbed his eyes, stretched him-
self, and looked about him. He had eaten and
drunk so much that he was stupefied, and he did
not understand what had happened, in the first
moment of being aroused.
Meanwhile Jack ran away with the harp.
In a while the giant discovered that he had
been robbed, and he rushed after Jack, and
threw great stones at him, which Jack fortu-
nately evaded. As soon as he reached the bean
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