To it they went , the Giant aiming a blow with his club that would have felled an elephant . Dick dodged , and cut off the Giant 's feet at the ankles . `` First blood for the prince ! '' said the Giant , coming up smiling . `` Half - minute time ! '' 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 XXXXX a rock .
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