The new world fairy book . what had become of Crafty-man, he called up the next head-man, whose namewas Dive-in-the-river. So the head-man turned him-self into a loon, and swam about in the big river inthe valley till the giant came along and began to wadeacross. Then the loon whistled to his friend North-wind; and North-wind came whistling down andfroze the river all up, and the giants legs were frozenhard in the ice so that he couldnt move. Thehumming-bird flew off in a great hurry, and presentlySouth-wind came humming back with him, and meltedthe river, and the giant waded ashore ; but the
The new world fairy book . what had become of Crafty-man, he called up the next head-man, whose namewas Dive-in-the-river. So the head-man turned him-self into a loon, and swam about in the big river inthe valley till the giant came along and began to wadeacross. Then the loon whistled to his friend North-wind; and North-wind came whistling down andfroze the river all up, and the giants legs were frozenhard in the ice so that he couldnt move. Thehumming-bird flew off in a great hurry, and presentlySouth-wind came humming back with him, and meltedthe river, and the giant waded ashore ; but the loonhad been diving after a trout when North-wind came,and he couldnt come up again before the water froze,and so he had to stay underneath and be drowned. Never mind, said Long-legs. Youll see whatI can do, with my friend Lightning. So Long-legscalled to his friend, and turned himself into a tall THE GIANT WITH NINE LIVES 159 pme-tree and stood by the door of the mountain tosee what would happen. But the humming-bird had. North Wind came whistling down. . and the giants legs were frozenhard in the ice. heard what Long-legs said, so he flew to the chiefof the bull-frogs, and the chief of the bull-frogs camehop-hop-hopping in with his mouth full of water and i6o THE GIANT WITH NINE LIVES squatted just inside the door of the cave. WhenLightning came flashing along he darted right intothe bull-frogs mouth, and darted back out again asquick as he came, sputtering with rage, and burnt upthe first thing he found outside, which happened tobe his friend the pine-tree. Ah, said Short-legs, thats what comes ofboasting. Then he turned himself into a big brownbear, and shouted to his friend Thunder; and Thundercame boom-boom-booming up the valley, and gave themountain such a kick that he broke his own toes,and then he drew his foot back in such a hurry thathis heel struck his friend the bear on the nose; andthe bears skull was broken into as many pieces asthere are stones in the river. Thu
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