The Giant and Five Highwaymen
THE GIANT OF THE
CAUSEWAY
N olden days there was a feudal castle on the site where now stand the Causeway and Giant’s Mount, in the town of Brussels.
A giant lived in this castle who is reputed to have been over nine feet high.
This noble giant was generally beloved and esteemed, for in spite of his capricious and brusque character, he was ever ready to exert his superhuman strength in the defence of the weak. He rebuked the powerful, exterminated brigands and robbers, and cleared the roads of highwaymen.
From the tower of his castle, which he had built on high ground, he had a commanding view of the surrounding country.
He never left his castle except to inflict punishment on the wicked, or in order to protect the weak.