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Title: The new world fairy book
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Kennedy, Howard Angus, 1861-
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Publisher: London : Dent
Contributing Library: Scott - York University Libraries
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out as well as he could in the cave,and went to sleep. In the morning the giant put his head out of thewindow again. There was no smoke in the pit thistime. Looking up, he saw the blue sky ; looking down,he saw the bottom of the pit, covered with cinders, notmore than a hundred feet away. I hope the fires not gone out, he muttered; well see what a little poking will do. So hescrambled backwards out of the cave, broke off thetallest pine-tree he could find, went back, and began topoke the bottom of the pit. At the second poke the tree stuck fast and thenbegan to disappear. The giant tugged and tugged,and the tree began to come up again, but very slowly,as if someone else was pulling at the other end. Thenthe giant gave one great tug with all his might, and ahuge head broke through the cinders, with the end ofthe pine-tree gripped hard between its two enormousjaws. The head was coal-black, mottled with yellow,and had two stupid, blinking eyes. What do you want. mumbled the creature, as
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A huge head, with the end of the pine-tree gripped hard betweenits enormous jaws. THE GIANT OF FLAMING MOUNTAIN 321 well as it could with a pine-tree in its mouth. Whatdo you want, digging into a fellow like that ? I didnt know you were there, said the giant. That was not an answer to the question, but themonster was too stupid to notice. Will you promisenot to stick trees into me again, he said, if I let thisone go ? All right, said the giant; but who are you, andwhat are you doing down there ^ I am the Salamander, the monster said withits mouth free at last. The fires my bed, and thefires my food, and hard work I have to keep it fromgetting away. Once it tried to escape, and a lot of itgot away up this very spout, so I have to sit about heremost of the time on the watch; but now the fire hasgot so low I ought to be poking it, and I have nothingto poke it with. Ah! Could you spare me that stickof yours for a few minutes. Its just the thing for apoker. Yes, if youll let me have a litt

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