"How does it come to have feathers?" asked the giant.
"The better to fly with," answered the shepherd.
"Why does it stick so tight?" the giant continued.
"Because it has taken root in your body," was the shepherd's answer.
"Have you any other abusive words of the same sort?" asked the giant. "Here is another one," replied the youth, and shot another arrow into the giant.
"Ouch, ouch!" cried Stompe Pilt, "are you still not angry enough for us to come to blows?"
"No, I have not abused you enough as yet," said the shepherd and aimed another arrow.
"Lead your goats wherever you choose! If I cannot stand your abusive words, I surely will not be able to bear up against your blows," cried Stompe Pilt, and jumped back into his hill.
And that is how the shepherd gained the victory, because he was brave and did not let the stupid giant frighten him.
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