Show i PEDRO AND THE GIANT Pedro and his father lived not far from the kings king's castle for tor the father was a carpenter and worked about the estate Pedro was fond of ot whittling and used io to spend his timo in fashioning fashioning fash fash- boats and such toys I 1 wish you would do do something useful son the father would often orten exclaim but Pedro said nothing and kept on whittling One One summer the whole kingdom was In great sorrow for the robber giant I had come down from the north and begun to steal and destroy all in sight I As winter came on the giant went home but said he would return In the I spring As the weather grew warmer the king grew more worried He sent out outa a proclamation that he would give his I only daughter and half of at his kingdom to anyone who would destroy the giant But no one ventured on the plan If It you have nothing else to do why dont don't you tackle the giant said the father That would be better than spending your time whittling a very good idea replied Pedro as he shut u up his knife and put it in his pocket r I will set out at once I think I would like very much to have the princess for tor a bride So Pedro set out for the north and traveled for a week till he reached the tho giants giant's home This was a huge stone castle on a rocky island in the middle of a lake and was connected with the shore by a wooden bridge Pedro walked boldly up rang the bell then told the giant he came to inspect the plumbing The giant replied that he had no plumbing and that he would throw the lad into the dungeon for his impudence I r can help about the place said Pedro It If you will let me work workaround around I can fix things up a bit bit bit- everything here Is dreadfully out of repair So the Hie giant agreed to allow Pedro his liberty if it the boy would do odd Jobs about and not escape Pedro mended the furniture and put new hinges on the doors and fixed the shelves so nicely that the cook baked him a mince pie All day long he was busy with his tools and still more busy thinking One day he went Into the treasure chamber to put In a new window window window win win- dow frame and while there saw the money bags piled high around the wall while chests of Jewels stood I about on benches That night when all were asleep he went out to the middle of at the bridge and began to cut through the center of at the big timbers Umbers Very slyly and quietly he did this till at last the whole bridge was supported by a beam which would bold hold only a small weight but nothing showed that the 8 beams had been tampered with at all About dawn Pedro Pedio went into the treasure chamber and filled a bl big ba bag 1 with gold and Jewels then he ran an over the bridge and set fire to a haj haystack stark on nn the other side This hay belonged to the giant and as the blaze shot up into the sky the glare awoke him i Pedro he Fire Fire shouted as saw the giant running out of ot the house follow me and we will put it out The boy who was slender and i weighed only about pounds sped like lUte a shot safely o over oer er the bridge But when the heavy giant came lumbering lumbering lumbering lumber lumber- ing along the beams gave way nay with a crash when he reached the center Down down down he fell into the stony river and his body did not come up for three days Pedro did not wait but set out at once for home He told the king how he had destroyed the giant that they had nothing more to fear from th the giant who lay in the bottom of the r river and he showed the bag of ot Jewels and gold Great was the rejoicing at the death of the giant and even greater was the feasting that took place when Pedro and the princess were married the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing week And the wedding gift of the groom to the bride was the knife with which f he had whittled the bridge away so It would fall with the giant J Copyright 1916 by McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate New York City |