“Your love brought me hither,” answered the lad.
“If you love your life,” said the maiden, “avoid this giant while he is asleep. If he wakes he will tear you into pieces.”
“Wake him up!” said the lad; “I have come to fight him.”
“Do you see that iron?” said the maiden; “heat it red-hot and press it on his feet; he will then awake.”
The hot iron being applied on the feet of the giant, he awoke, saying:
“Oh! what gnats are biting me?”
“Gnats!” exclaimed the maiden. “Get up! a human being has come to fight you.”
The giant, seeing the lad, exclaimed:
“Oh! what a good morsel has come for me on his own legs.”
“Come!” said the lad; “let us see whether fortune will favor you or me.”