Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-07

"Oh, l wanted to show you how
can fly, and besides that. am . better
man than you any day."
While they we're talking the second
giant came up.
"If you think you are sueh Q terri
BILE fellow, come measure strength with
me. Here are two stones, one for each
OF us. Let US see who will throw the
highest, and whose stone will sCome
down first"
Here the giant threw his stone 80
high that it didn't come down for three
whole hours. Then he said to the
tailor:
Now throw you"
The tailor slipped his hand into his
coat pocket, left the stons there, and
took out q little bird which he got
somewhere, balanced it in his hand,
and shot II mp in the air.
The giant waited one hour, waited
two, three, and when the fourth hour
had passed the tai!or's stone was still in
the air.
The giants looked at each other and
began - wonder that so muck strength
should be shut up in so small a man.
While they were wondering, the
third giant csme up.
Well, my little lad, if you are so
strong. here are two bits of stone, one
for each of us, | will crush mine into
dust AS tiae as flour; let's see il you
can do as much with yours. II You
do We shall believe that you've got good
blood in you. Here the giant closed
his hand for couple of minutes, and
then opened 1.-THE piece of granite
was ground as fine as -four.
"Oh my FRIEND said the tailor.
" that's nothing; look at me q moment;
/ will do more than crush this stone
into flour; will squeeze water out of
it."
All the giants had to say was that they
should Ii4e to see him do it.
The tailor then slipped his hand into
his pocket, left the stone there, took out
a piece of gray cheese, and pressed it
so that couple of drops of whey
trickled out. well, look here; didn't
tell you that | would squeeze this
granite stone not merely into flour, but
would wiring water out of it? Do you all
take stones, AMI, if you eau do as /
have done, then l shall believe you are
strong"
The giants tried in turn, but from
granite none of them was able to
squeeze water. Then the three giants
looked at each other, and said amongst
that they had better not
anger him, for there was no telling
what he might do.
After they had whispered and grunt-
ed together while they invited the
tailor to their den, thinking they could
get rid of him there more easily. When
dinner time came one of them remained
at home to keep the fire going, and the
other two went for provisions; one re-
turned with whole OK ON his
the other with ninety gal
Ion cask full of wine on his back. The
third went about cooking, stuck the
whole OK on spit, and all alone turned
the carcass over the fire.
As the tailor was guest he only
helped eat the dinner. After they had
eaten some time one Of the giants got
up, went to the great cask and raised it
up as I would piece of bread, put it
to his mouth and took good draughr,
the second did it in like manner, also
the third. The giants expected to see
the tailor go and raise the cask to his
mouth; but the tailor was not such q
fool as to try that, for he could no
more raise the cask than lift himself
by his own boots; but he went about
it in this way: he bored a hole in the
cask, and lying on the ground drank
through a reed. When the giants in
quired why he didn't raise the cask, he
answered that in his country it was
the custom to drink lying down.
Tbs tailor, however, Was not such o
great man as to be allowed to sit idle
all the time. So next day they told
him he might have his choice, either
to bring an OK for the dinner, or go to
the town and bring home q cask of
wine.
The tailor said he would 60 for the
wine. So off he started to the town for
wine. and had hundred and eighty
gallon butt brought to certain place
in the woods, and put down there,
then he strolled off empty-handed to
the giants den; they inquired:
"Why haven't you brought the wine,
now what shall We drink ?"
"Of course have brought it, but
not Interrogation cask, for I don't
want to go the next time my turn
comes, and tire myself for nothing.
brought hundred and eighty gallon
cask on my back; bat it was rather
heavy, and I put it down out there in
the wood little way. If you want to
drink wine go and bring it, but let
two of you 60, for one is not strong
enough.
Here the most powerful of the giants
ran off to the place poisted out, took
up the cask, but he hadn't carried it q
hundred yards when he was obliged to
put it down in spite of himself, and 60
back empty-bsnded.
Now the second giant ran out, took
up the cask, but did not carry it so far
as tho first, and returned empty.
handed.
The giants were ashamed of them
little fellow should so master them, for
selves. snd enraged that such a pitiful
two we're obliged to 60 for the wine, 80
they whispered and erunted together.