2. Talk of different modes of travel known to the children.
3. Hans’ politeness to strangers. Friendliness.
VI.
Preparation.
Hans meets another giant who offers to help him. Recall the first giant and his aid. Children imagine who the second giant may be.
Narration.
HANS MEETS A SECOND GIANT.
Hans and the first giant went along together until they saw what Hans thought must be a huge, round stone lying in the road. When, however, they came up to it, he saw that it was another big giant lying asleep by the roadside. The hot sun was pouring down upon his face. “Stay here,” said Hans, “until I can cut a branch from some tree to shade that poor fellow’s face. The sun is so hot it will soon blister him.”
At these words, the first giant laughed aloud. “Ho, ho!” he cried, “don’t you know who that is? He is a neighbor of mine. He has such strong eyes that he can see a fly on a leaf of a tree a mile away.”
The loud laugh of the first giant awoke the sleeping giant, and he opened his great eyes and stared at Hans. “What are you doing, young man?” growled he. “Oh, nothing,” said Hans; “I was merely sticking these branches into the ground so that they might keep the sun out of your face.” “Bah!” cried the great giant, sitting up. “Did you not know that my eyes are so strong that I could look the noonday sun straight in the face?”