So Jack climbed down the rope and killed them with his sword. He pulled and he pulled and at last the giants fell to the ground, but they were still alive. Then, just as they were opening the iron gate of the castle, he threw a loop over the head of each of them. 7 He stood at the window and watched the giants. \"Now,\" said Jack to himself, \"I'll die or I'll save myself.\" He took two of the ropes and made a strong loop at the end of each. When he went to the window, he saw that the window was over the gate of the castle. In a dark corner he found some good strong ropes. His fright became greater when the giant entered the castle, and Jack saw the place where human bones lay, and when the giant said, \"And your bones, my fine man, will soon lie here, too.\" The giant did not want to eat poor Jack alone, so he locked him in a great room and went to fetch another giant, us brother, who lived in the same wood.
He was very surprised and frightened to find himself on the shoulders of the giant. Now, as the giant was passing through the thick wood, Jack woke. When the giant read the words on Jack's belt, he picked him up, threw him over his shoulders and carried him to his castle. While he was sleeping, the giant Blunderbore came to the spring for water and found him there. 6 He was very tired, so he sat down beside a spring and fell fast asleep. 5 This giant lived in a large castle which stood in the middle of a dark wood.įour months later Jack was walking through this wood on his way from Cornwall to Wales. Another giant whose name was Blunderbore heard of it too and decided to revenge himself on Jack. The news of Jack's victory soon reached all the corners of the country. Here is the brave Cornish man, Who killed the giant Cormoran. On the belt there were words in golden letters: \"From this day everybody must call this young man Jack the Giant-Killer.\" And they gave him presents-a sword and a belt. When the magistrates heard of Cormoran's death, they said: Jack filled up the pit with earth, and went into the giant's cave. So that was the end of the terrible giant Cormoran. He laughed at the giant for a while, then he hit him hard on the head with the pick, and killed him. \"Oh, Giant! Where are you now? Do you still think you will broil me for your breakfast?\" shouted Jack. He was very big and very heavy, and the mountain shook as he fell. I shall kill you and broil you for my breakfast.\"īut just as he shouted these words, he fell into the pit. \"How dare you come here to disturb my rest? 4 You will pay dearly for it. The loud noise of the horn woke the giant. When all this was done, Jack sat down near the pit, away from the mouth of the cave 3 and waited.Įarly in the morning, he put his horn to his mouth and blew hard. Then he covered it over with long branches and straw, and put earth over it, so that it looked like ordinary ground. All evening and all night, while the giant was asleep, Jack dug a very, very deep and wide pit in front of the cave. So he got a horn, a spade, and a pick 2 and went to the mountain where Cormoran lived. \"He will get the giant's treasure,\" they answered. \"What will the man get who kills Cormoran?\" asked Jack. One day Jack was at the town hall when the magistrates were sitting and talking about the giant. So all the people in Cornwall became poor and unhappy. This went on for many years and nobody could do anything because the giant was too strong. And he tied the pigs and sheep to the belt round his waist. He could carry six oxen on his back at a time.
When the giant came to a town or a village, people ran away from their homes, and he seized their cattle. When he wanted food, he went out to get it. He lived in a cave in the middle of a mountain. He was very, very tall, strong and cruel, and the people of neighbouring towns and villages were greatly afraid of him. In those days a terrible great giant named Cormoran lived in the mountains of Cornwall. This young man was very strong, brave and clever. In the time of good King Arthur there lived in Cornwall l a farmer who had an only son named Jack.
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