Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-12
HOW THE GIANT LOST.

ct Evil vii, m vou. a p, ssosy' asked asked little little
Teddy one evening just be-
fore bed time. "You tell such different
!. stories from those mother tells me. She
: doesn't know any except Mother
Goose and fairy tales. l val to hear
about grown-up folks and what they
do"
"oh, you DOT" said Uncle Ben, smil-
ing. MY, what a big boy you are get
ting to be! And pray, What particu-
Jar line of travel or adventure does
your Majesty order me to talk about?
Won't you even permit your lowly sub
iect to finish his cigar in peace be-
fore he tackles the subject?"
: "Oh, please tell me something about
! the big giants pleaded Teddy.
: well, giants do not usually do what
grown-up folks do or little boys, either,
but | do know a story about a giant
that l might as well tell you now
Isaid Uncle Ben. so sit up here on my
knee ard l will tell you how a giant
once built a fine castle for his worst
enemies, then did not get paid for
lit.
ITO begin with, many, many years
ago when the Morse gods were build
ing their residence. a certain giant,
who hated them and who had disguised
himself as an artificer, offered to build
them a castle that would be perfectly
4 safe from the attacks of any enemy
.%that might come against them, pro-
INided he was given as a reward for
= Sis labors the sun and moon, " .ich,
rs you must know were owned by the
bods, and although they hated to give
/, such valuable things, they neverthe-
IS desired very much to have their
e fortress, 30 they made the bargain
the understanding that the work
10 be completed before the first
of the following summer, and that
ole but the giant himself, with the
,s,stance of his enchanted horse,
4 !bonId DO all of the work on the build
ing.
"well Nthe work progressed very
4 ranidlv. Tut it was quite noticeable h q
nearly all Of the heavy labor was done
bv the giant's horse, and the size of
the stones Hauled by him were so big
that even Athe giant himself could
never have moved them from their
3~nlaces. So things went on until the
sumner was but three days distant,
and there only lacked a few stones to
he placed In the gateway In order to
complete the building. Then the gods
took counsel as to how they could
evade giving up the price Of the great
work. Loki, one of them, volunteered
TO delay the giant in his work until
the time limit had expired, so h
night he led the giants horse far away
into the forest, and as the giant could
rot work without his horse, he spent
the entire night looking for him.
A Enough time was lost in this way
= make it impossible for the work to
be finished in time, and he wicked
giant. who really desired to do harm
to his employers, was expelled from
the country. SO the giants schemes
we're defeated and be lost through the
cunning of one of Die least influential
of the gods"
But Uncle Ben, said TEDDY, VINO
had been listening With great interest.
''you have told me 2 fairy story after
all. ard I wanted a true story about a
giant"
"Well,' solemnly replied Uncle Ben,
this may not be a true story, but
the people who lived long, long ago be-
lieved it implicitly, and when you grow
up and go to college you will find that
! this and similar tales max up the
mythology of the ancients. Then,
again. / do not know of any true story
about giants, for I was never person