A fairy hastened forward to carry the cap to a safe place in the cave, for that was always their first care.
Just then the giant awoke.
He raised his great head.
Oh, how miserable the fairies were!
They wept and moaned until even the dull ear of the giant heard them.
It was a sound like the tolling of tiny silver bells.
He listened and understood what the wee voice of the prisoner in his ear was saying.
He was the wisest and most kind-hearted of all the giants.
He helped the little creature gently out into his hand, and looked at him in wonder.
He had never before seen a fairy.