The lists were strewn with interesting but imperfect fragments of the Giant , when a set of double teeth of enormous size flew up out of the ground and caught Ricardo by the throat ! In vain he strove to separate the teeth , when the crow , stooping from the heavens , became the Princess Jaqueline , and changed Dick into a wren -- a tiny bird , so small that he easily flew out of the jaws of the Giant and winged his way to a tree , whence he watched the scene . But the poor Princess Jaqueline ! To perform the feat of changing Dick into a bird she had , of course , according to all the laws of magic , to resume her own natural form ! There she stood , a beautiful , trembling maiden , her hands crossed on her bosom , entirely at the mercy of the Giant ! No sooner had Dick escaped than the monster began to collect himself ; and before Jaqueline could muster strength to run away or summon to her aid the lessons of the Fairy Paribanou , the Giant who never Knew when he had Enough was himself again . A boy might have climbed up a tree -LRB- for giants are no tree-climbers , any more than the grizzly bear -RRB- , but Jaqueline could not climb . She merely stood , pale and trembling . She had saved Dick , but at an enormous sacrifice , for the sword and the Seven - league Boots were lying on the trampled grass . He had not brought the Cap of Darkness , and , in the shape of a wren , of course he could not carry away the other articles . Dick was rescued , that was all , and the Princess Jaqueline had sacrificed herself to her love for him . The Giant picked himself up and pulled himself together , as we said , and then approached Jaqueline in a very civil way , for a person of his breeding , head in hand . `` Let me introduce myself , '' he said , and mentioned his name and titles . `` May I ask what you are doing here , and how you came ? '' -LCB- `` Let me introduce myself , '' he said : p154.jpg -RCB- Poor Jaqueline threw herself at his feet , and murmured a short and not very intelligible account of herself . `` I do n't understand , '' said the Giant , replacing his head on his shoulders . `` What to do with you , I 'm sure I do n't know . ' Please do n't eat me , ' did you say ? Why , what do you take me for ? I 'm not in that line at all ; low , I call it ! ''
XXXXX was somewhat comforted at these words , dropped out of the Giant 's lips from a considerable height .
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