He occupied the half-minute in placing the feet neatly beside each other , as if they had been a pair of boots . Round II . -- The Giant sparring for wind , Ricardo cuts him in two at the waist . The Giant folded his legs up neatly , like a pair of trousers , and laid them down on a rock . He had now some difficulty in getting rapidly over the ground , and stood mainly on the defensive , and on his waist . Round III . -- Dick bisects the Giant . Both sides now attack him on either hand , and the feet kick him severely . `` No kicking ! '' said Dick . `` Nonsense ; all fair in war ! '' said the Giant . But do not let us pursue this sanguinary encounter in all its horrible details . Let us also remember -- otherwise the scene would be too painful for an elegant mind to contemplate with entertainment -- that the Giant was in excellent training , and thought no more of a few wounds than you do of a crack on the leg from a cricket-ball . He well deserved the title given him by the Fancy , of `` The Giant who does not Know when he has had Enough . '' * * * * * The contest was over ; Dick was resting on a rock . 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 XXXXX the Giant !
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