Their bones are tender, their flesh is sweet.
I do not care, I eat so many,
If their hair be straight, or if they haven't any."
Charming called out loudly in reply:
"Be not so boastful, Galifron,
Till you've met a knight, who
May be good to feed upon,
But is here to fight you."
The giant appeared at the door, club in hand. When he saw Charming fearlessly awaiting him, he came toward him in a terrible rage. But before he could wield his club, a raven lit on his head and pecked at his eyes, so that he dropped his weapon and was at Charming's mercy. When the valiant [page 345] knight had killed the giant, the raven croaked from a tree near by:
"You saved me from the eagle, and I in turn have saved you from the giant."