"'Let's meet him, and fight him,' said one.
"'Let's upset his boat,' said another.
"'How?'
"'By pelting him with stones when he comes near enough.'
"'Good!' cried they all; and they began gathering all the bits of rock and pebbles they could find.
"Now came a roar of ogreish rage from the boat as it neared them.
"'I'll have ye again!' screamed the ogre.
"Then began the attack—a volley of small stones, nuts, fruits, anything they had in their pockets.
"One of the ogre's eyes was closed, so certain had been the aim of the tall boy who acted as leader.
"But the boat came nearer, and they were very much afraid the ogre would leap from it, when one of the boys whispered: