"Now," said the giantess at last, "I hear him coming. You must both help me to hold him. Strike him where I bid you, and we shall certainly kill him."
The hunter and his wife were seized with terror when a great commotion outside announced the arrival of the Stone Giant, but the firmness and courage of the giantess reassured them, and with something like calmness they awaited the monster's approach. Directly he came in sight, the giantess rushed forward, grappled with him, and threw him to the ground.
"Strike him on the arms!" she cried to the others. "Now on the nape of the neck!"
The trembling couple obeyed, and very shortly they had succeeded in killing the huge creature.
"I will go and bury him," said the giantess. And that was the end of the Stone Giant.
The strange guest stayed on in the wigwam till the time came for the hunter and his family to go back to the settlement, when she announced her intention of returning to her own people.
"My husband is dead," said she; "I have no longer anything to fear."
Thus, having bid them farewell, she departed.