The children were very quiet after that terrible threat and did not dare raise their eyes to look at the giant. They felt very badly. Dorothy had a pain in her stomach and Ray’s head ached.
“What are you doing in my garden?” roared the giant, getting on his feet.—Page 10. Little Miss Dorothy.
Suddenly a great bell rang and the giant jumped saying: “There’s the dinner-bell, come with me.”
“Please, Sir Giant, we don’t want any dinner,” said Ray, timidly.
“Silence!” roared the giant, “if you disobey me I’ll boil you in my pot of soup.”
Poor sick, surfeited children! They followed the giant into the castle and sat at the very table where they had eaten so much.
The table was all piled high with a fresh supply of pastry and the great greedy giant soon devoured everything in sight. The table of goodies made Ray frown, and Dorothy’s head ache. When the greedy monster had eaten everything in sight, he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and in a few minutes began to snore.
“Now is our chance,” whispered Ray, and he took Dorothy’s hand and they stole on tiptoe out of the room. Just as they reached the door a voice sang out, “I’m all ready.”
The children turned and there stood their great pudding that had made itself. They started to run away, but the pudding ran after them calling: