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The poor giant feel on his knees and began again to beg. But Tricksey-Wee giving the heart a slight pinch, he bawled out: "'Yes, yes! Doodlem shall have it, I swear. Only she must not put it in the flour-barrel, or in the dust-hole. "'Certainly not. Make your own bargain with her. And you promise not to interfere with my brother and me, or to take any revenge for what we have done?
"Somewhere near these borders, on the other side, by the edge of a great forest, lived a labourer with his wife and a great many children. One day Tricksey-Wee, as they called her, teased her brother Buffy-Bob, till he could not bear it any longer, and gave her a box on the ear. Tricksey-Wee cried; and Buffy-Bob was so sorry and ashamed of himself, that he cried too, and ran off into the wood.
"Tricksey-Wee and Buffy-Bob peered through the bristles, and discovered a row of little boys, about a dozen, with very fat faces and goggle eyes, sitting before the fire, and looking stupidly into it. Thunderthump intended the most of these for seed, and was feeding them well before planting them.
This was the lark's wife, who staid at home with the young larks while her husband went to church. "'Oh! thank you. If you please, answered Tricksey-Wee. "And up popped a pretty brown head; and then up came a brown feathery body; and last of all came the slender legs on to the edge of the nest.
"At that instant, Tricksey-Wee heard a sound like the wind in a tree full of leaves, and could not think what it could be; till, looking up, she found that it was the giantess whispering to her; and when she tried very hard, she could hear what she said well enough. "'Run away, dear little girl, she said, 'as fast as you can; for my husband will be home in a few minutes.
'You know you came home yesterday morning quite worn out you had to fly so very high before you saw him. I am sure he would not mind if you took it a little easier. Do be quiet and go to sleep again. "'That's not it at all, said the lark. 'He doesn't want me. I want him. Let me up, I say. "He began to sing; and Tricksey-Wee and Buffy-Bob, having now learned the way, answered him:
"'But it is as large as you will find convenient to carry. "'Yes; but what are we to do with the heart? "'Put it into the bag, to be sure. Only, first, you must squeeze a drop out of the other bag upon it. You will see what will happen. "'Very well; we will, said Tricksey-Wee. 'And now, if you please, how shall we go? "'Oh, that's our business, said the first spider.
Thunderthump? asked. Tricksey-Wee. "'Yes, said the giant. "'That's a lie! squeaked a little voice; and out came a head from his waistcoat-pocket. "Tricksey-Wee pinched the heart till the giant roared with pain. "'You're not a gentleman. You tell stories, she said. "'He was the thinnest of the lot, said Thunderthump, crying. "'Are you all there now, children? asked Tricksey.
They did not dispute about the giant's heart, and impossibility, and all that; for they were better educated than Master Fred, and knew all about it. 'Oh! thought Tricksey-Wee, 'if I could but find the giant's cruel heart, wouldn't I give it a squeeze! "The giant and giantess went on talking for a long time.
"Just then, Tricksey-Wee and Buffy-Bob came out of the hole in the tree-root, and through the cat-hole in the door, and walked boldly towards the giant. Both kept their eyes busy watching him. Led by the love of his own heart, the giant soon spied them, and staggered furiously towards them. "'I will eat you, you vermin! he cried. 'Give me my heart.
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