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prince and holding him, thus paying back the
many tricks the gnomes had played upon the
giants.

So great was King Cloudcatcher’s excite-
ment at the prospect of an opportunity to ob-

 

tain possession of the young prince, that he
did not look as carefully as he should have
done, or he would have discovered that Wassa
left the gnomes’ kingdom alone.

Stepping over the tall trees that lay in his
path, and trying to make as little noise as pos-