The History of Jack the Giant-Killer (14)

The History of Jack the Giant-Killer (14)

  As Jack came close to him (though the Giant could not see him on account of his invisible coat) he was aware of some impending danger, and roared out in a voice that was quite terrible :
  " Fe, fi, fo, fum,
    I smell the blood of an
    Englishman.
    Be he living, or be he dead,
    I'll grind his bones to be my
    bread.  "

  " You must catch me first, " said Jack ; and throwing off his invisible coat, and putting on his shoes of swiftness, he began to run.

  The furious Giant stalked after him like a moving castle, making the earth shake at every step he took.

  Jack ran over the drawbridge, the Giant still pursuing him with his club.

  As the Giant reached the middle, where the bridge had been cut by Jack's order, with the very great weight of his immense body and the tremendous step that he took, it broke and he tumbled into the water, and rooled about like a large whale.

  jack, standing by the moat, laughed and jeered at him for some time.

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