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steal 'em, steal 'em."

"If you will do that," says the giant, "I must take them home." He
returned home and left them at the house.

At the heat of day the giant's daughter felt her father's breath
burning her back.

"Put your finger in the filly's ear, and throw behind whatever you find
in it."

He got a splinter of grey stone, and in a twinkling there were twenty
miles, by breadth and height, of great grey rock behind them.

The giant came full pelt, but past the rock he could not go.

"The tricks of my own daughter are the hardest things that ever met
me," says the giant; "but if I had my lever and my mighty mattock, I
would not be long in making my way through this rock also."

There was no help for it, but to turn the chase for them; and he was
the boy to split the stones. He was not long in making a road through
the rock.

"I will leave the tools here, and I will return no more."

"If you leave 'em, leave 'em," says the hoodie, "we will steal 'em,
steal 'em."

"Do that if you will; there is no time to go back."

At the time of breaking the watch, the giant's daughter said that she
felt her father's breath burning her back.

"Look in the filly's ear, king's son, or else we are lost."

He did so, and it was a bladder of water that was in her ear this time.
He threw it behind him and there was a fresh-water loch, twenty miles
in length and breadth, behind them.

The giant came on, but with the speed he had on him, he was in the
middle of the loch, and he went under, and he rose no more.

On the next day the young companions were come in sight of his father's
house. "Now," says she, "my father is drowned, and he won't trouble us
any more; but before we go further," says she, "go you to your father's
house, and tell that you have the likes of me; but let neither man nor
creature kiss you, for if you do, you will not remember that you have
ever seen me."

Every one he met gave him welcome and luck, and he charged his father
and mother not to kiss him; but as mishap was to be, an old greyhound
was indoors, and she knew him, and jumped up to his mouth, and after
that he did not remember the giant's daughter.

She was sitting at the well's side as he left her, but the king's son
was not coming. In the mouth of night she climbed up into a tree of oak
that was beside the well, and she lay in the fork of that tree all
night. A shoemaker had a house near the well, and about mid-day on the
morrow, the shoemaker asked his wife to go for a drink for him out of
the well. When the shoemaker's wife reached the well, and when she saw
the shadow of her that was in the tree, thinking it was her own
shadow--and she never thought till now that she was so handsome--she
gave a cast to the dish that was in her hand, and it was broken on the
ground, and she took herself to the house without vessel or water.

"Where is the water, wife?" said the shoemaker.

"You shambling, contemptible old carle, without grace, I have stayed
too long your water and wood thrall."

"I think, wife, that you have turned crazy. Go you, daughter, quickly,
and fetch a drink for your father."

His daughter went, and in the same way so it happened to her. She never
thought till now that she was so lovable, and she took herself home.

"Up with the drink," said her father.

"You home-spun shoe carle, do you think I am fit to be your thrall?"

The poor shoemaker thought that they had taken a turn in their
understandings, and he went himself to the well. He saw the shadow of
the maiden in the well, and he looked up to the tree, and he sees the
finest woman he ever saw.

"Your seat is wavering, but your face is fair," said the shoemaker.
"Come down, for there is need of you for a short while at my house."

The shoemaker understood that this was the shadow that had driven his
people mad. The shoemaker took her to his house, and he said that he
had but a poor bothy, but that she should get a share of all that was
in it.

One day, the shoemaker had shoes ready, for on that very day the king's
son was to be married. The shoemaker was going to the castle with the
shoes of the young people, and the girl said to the shoemaker, "I would
like to get a sight of the king's son before he marries."

"Come with me," says the shoemaker, "I am well acquainted with the

steal 'em, steal 'em."

"If you will do that," says the giant, "I must take them home." He

returned home and left them at the house.

At the heat of day the giant's daughter felt her father's breath

burning her back.

"Put your finger in the filly's ear, and throw behind whatever you find

in it."

He got a splinter of grey stone, and in a twinkling there were twenty

miles, by breadth and height, of great grey rock behind them.

The giant came full pelt, but past the rock he could not go.

"The tricks of my own daughter are the hardest things that ever met

me," says the giant; "but if I had my lever and my mighty mattock, I

would not be long in making my way through this rock also."

There was no help for it, but to turn the chase for them; and he was

the boy to split the stones. He was not long in making a road through

the rock.

"I will leave the tools here, and I will return no more."

"If you leave 'em, leave 'em," says the hoodie, "we will steal 'em,

steal 'em."

"Do that if you will; there is no time to go back."

At the time of breaking the watch, the giant's daughter said that she

felt her father's breath burning her back.

"Look in the filly's ear, king's son, or else we are lost."

He did so, and it was a bladder of water that was in her ear this time.

He threw it behind him and there was a fresh-water loch, twenty miles

in length and breadth, behind them.

The giant came on, but with the speed he had on him, he was in the

middle of the loch, and he went under, and he rose no more.

On the next day the young companions were come in sight of his father's

house. "Now," says she, "my father is drowned, and he won't trouble us

any more; but before we go further," says she, "go you to your father's

house, and tell that you have the likes of me; but let neither man nor

creature kiss you, for if you do, you will not remember that you have

ever seen me."

Every one he met gave him welcome and luck, and he charged his father

and mother not to kiss him; but as mishap was to be, an old greyhound

was indoors, and she knew him, and jumped up to his mouth, and after

that he did not remember the giant's daughter.

She was sitting at the well's side as he left her, but the king's son

was not coming. In the mouth of night she climbed up into a tree of oak

that was beside the well, and she lay in the fork of that tree all

night. A shoemaker had a house near the well, and about mid-day on the

morrow, the shoemaker asked his wife to go for a drink for him out of

the well. When the shoemaker's wife reached the well, and when she saw

the shadow of her that was in the tree, thinking it was her own

shadow--and she never thought till now that she was so handsome--she

gave a cast to the dish that was in her hand, and it was broken on the

ground, and she took herself to the house without vessel or water.

"Where is the water, wife?" said the shoemaker.

"You shambling, contemptible old carle, without grace, I have stayed

too long your water and wood thrall."

"I think, wife, that you have turned crazy. Go you, daughter, quickly,

and fetch a drink for your father."

His daughter went, and in the same way so it happened to her. She never

thought till now that she was so lovable, and she took herself home.

"Up with the drink," said her father.

"You home-spun shoe carle, do you think I am fit to be your thrall?"

The poor shoemaker thought that they had taken a turn in their

understandings, and he went himself to the well. He saw the shadow of

the maiden in the well, and he looked up to the tree, and he sees the

finest woman he ever saw.

"Your seat is wavering, but your face is fair," said the shoemaker.

"Come down, for there is need of you for a short while at my house."

The shoemaker understood that this was the shadow that had driven his

people mad. The shoemaker took her to his house, and he said that he

had but a poor bothy, but that she should get a share of all that was

in it.

One day, the shoemaker had shoes ready, for on that very day the king's

son was to be married. The shoemaker was going to the castle with the

shoes of the young people, and the girl said to the shoemaker, "I would

like to get a sight of the king's son before he marries."

"Come with me," says the shoemaker, "I am well acquainted with the