The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-01-19
Boy and The Giant.

lived manly little boy who was
very fond of hunting. He would take
his lunch and go off hunting very
early in the morning and stay all day,
bringing home two or three porcu-
pines in the evening. One morning
he started earlier than usual, and
came upon giant as tall as the trees.
He was very much frightened and ran
away, with the big man in pursuit.
AS the giant was not very fast
runner, the boy kept ahead of him un-
til he came to sort of cave like
house at the foot of hill, and en-
tered it. When the big man saw this
he said: Come here, my grandson"
The boy refused, and the giant contin-
ued his entreaties for long time. At
last the boy consented to go with him,
so the giant said Get inside of my
shirt. | will carry you that way"
Then the boy vaulted in there, and
they started off.
After they had gone along in this
manner for some time the boy, who
had his head out, saw a very small
bird, called old person and said:
Grandpa, there is bird would like
to have" Then the big man stopped
and let him down. and he shot the
bird with an arrow and put 1t into the
big mans shirt. But now this bird
had increased the boys weight so
much that the giant could scarcely
move along. At every step he took
he sank deep into the moss. When
the boy noticed this he said to him
self: "How is it that, since | picked
heavy and it is hard for him to
walk?" Then he threw the bird away
and the giant walked on again as
lightly as before. The boy enjoyed so
much being with this giant that he
had forgotten all about his father
and mother. After that they travel
ed on together until they came to
very large lake. In 1t the boy saw
beaver housees, and the beaver dam
ran right across it. He thought:
This is beaver lake. This is the
kind of place my father has told
me about" Then the big man tore a
hole through the top of beaver
house, took all of the beavers out and
made fire right back of the lake at
which to cook them. They camped
there for several days, living on beay-
er meat and drying the skins. But
the first evening the giant said: Keep
q lookout. If you hear any noise dur
ing the night, wake me up. There 10
bigger man than | of whom l am
much afraid" He also said to the
boy: "Sleep some distance away from
me, or | might move against you or
throw my leg ON you SO as to kill
you"
The second night they encamped
there the boy heard the bushes break
ing, and sure enough the second 81
ant came along. He was so tall that
his head was far up above the trees,
and they could not see it. This sec
ond giant had been looking for the
other for long time unsuccessfully,
so he rushed upon him, threw him
down, and lay on top Of him. Then
the boys friend cried, Grandson,
take that club of mine out and throw
it at him The boy ran to the big mans
bed took his club, which was made
from the entire skeleton Of beaver,
out from under it, and threw it at
the intruder. AS soon as he let 1t
go out of his hands 1t began chewing
at the second giants leg, and, as he
was unable to feel it, the club chewed
off both his legs. Then the other
giant, who had been almost smother
ed, killed hi mand threw his body in
to the lake.
After this the boys companion had
nothing to fear, and wandered from
lake to lake, and the boy was SO fond
of hunting that he forgot all about
his father and mother. 1t was now
winter time, and that winter was
very severe. From the time the Sec
ond giant had been killed he had been
doing nothing but killing beaver.
One evening, however, the boy be.
gan thinking of his father and his
mother, and was very quiet. Then
the big man said, why is 1t that
you are so quiet this EVENING"" The
boy answered, 81 have just thought Of
my father and mother. l feel lonely
Ii. e., homesick) for them" Then his
companion said, Would you like to
go to them?" 81 can't go to them,
because don't know where they are.
don't know which way to go to
them" Then the big man said,
"All right, you can CO." but the
boy did not know what he meant. Now
the big man went to a small tree,
broke it off, trimmed it we'll for the
boy, and said to him, Take this
along, and, as soon as you feel that
you are lost, let it stand straight UP
and fall over. Go in the direction in
which 1t falls. Keep on doing this
until you get to your fathers place.
At first the boy was afraid to start
off alone, but finally he did so. When
ever he was in doubt about the d.
rection, he let the tree fall and it led