JACK THE him, and he cast nooses round the giants’ heads,
GIANT and by the aid of horses drew him up to the edge
KILLER of the moat, and then cut off his two heads.

All the spectators rejoiced, and praised Jack for
his great cleverness and courage. He remained
two or three days with his host, and then set off
in search of fresh adventures.

He travelled over hill and dale unmolested till he
reached the foot of a great mountain, were he saw
a little hut, at the door of which he knocked. The
door opened and a venerable old man with a snow-
white beard stood there. Jack respectfully asked
if he might be sheltered for the night.

The old man was a hermit, and he invited him in,
and set before him some bread and fruit. Whilst
he was eating, the hermit said: ‘I perceive that
you are the brave Cornishman who has destroyed
so many giants. Now on the top of this mountain
is an enchanted castle, kept by a giant called
Galligant, who, by the help of a vile magician, gets
many knights and ladies into his castle, where he
changes them into owls, ravens, bats, and other
noxious birds and animals. I lament, above all,
the fate of a duke’s daughter, whom they seized
whilst walking in her father’s garden, and they
have turned her into a deer. Many knights have
tried to destroy the enchantment and deliver her,
yet none have been able to do so, because of two
fiery dragons that guard the entrance to the castle.
But you have got the cloak of invisibility, and can
pass them by unperceived. On the gates of the
castle you will find engraved some words that will
tell you how you may break the enchantment.’
Jack promised that, in the morning, at the risk of
his life, he would attempt this adventure. Accord-
ingly next day he put on the cloak of invisibility,
and ascended the mountain-side.

He saw the two dragons, but because of his mantle
they could not see him, and he passed between

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