Bear. I live in it.
Kit. Is there treasure?
Bear. O, a few pecks of emeralds; that’s all. I threw most of them away. They are very uncomfortable to lie on.
Joscelin. Where are the robbers?
Bear. Dead, all except the captain. He has turned honest, and lives with the Giant.
Giant (who has been gazing upward). Hi! There’s an eagle! (Raises blunderbuss. Children stop their ears. He fires. An eagle drops at his feet.) And there’s a crow! (Shoots again. A bunch of black feathers floats down.) I’ve only clipped his tail-feathers! How ridiculous the bird must look! Listen, children. If you start for home now, it will be dark before you get there. Why can’t you spend the night at my castle?
Kit. Our parents would——
Giant. I know. You think your people will be anxious. I’ll telephone them. (Goes to the tree at the right, opens a little door in the trunk, takes down a telephone receiver, and rings the bell.) What’s your number? Cucumber? (Rings bell again.)
Kit. No. It’s 333.