Then he walked away, carrying the skin over his arm and whistling a merry tune.
At last the cobbler reached the edge of the forest and began to climb a hill. Sitting on a rock overlooking the valley below was a giant.
The cobbler's heart beat fast with fear.
He walked bravely up to the giant, with his girdle in plain sight.
"Good-day, friend," said the cobbler.
"Here you sit at your ease. Do you not wish to travel with me to see the world?" the cobbler added.
When the giant saw the little stranger walking up to him so boldly, he was greatly surprised.
"How dare you enter the land of the giants!" he was about to exclaim.
At that moment, he saw the girdle and read the words:
Ha, ha! Ho, ho!
Ten at one blow.