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Sothegiantshoveditopenwithhisshoulder。Therewasaspiralstaircase。
"Youleadtheway!"yelledLittleJohn。
Whentheywerebackinthehallwherethegreatfireplacewas,thegiantsaid,"LittleJohn,thespellhasbeenbro!"Atthat,oneofhislegcameoffandkickeditswayupthech
ttothepalace。
Thencamethetrunkofa波dy,andthearmsandlegsstuckontoit,andtherestoodamanwithoutahead。
"Afteryou,"answeredLittleJohn。
Theytdownthestepsintoacellar,andthegiantpointedtoastonesla波ntheg
nd。"Raisethat!"
Downthechimneyintothefireplacefellamansleg。LittleJohndrankaglassofwine。
"Openit!"orderedthegiant。
Atmidnighthewassittingatthetableeating,whenheheardavoiceinthechimney。"ShallIthrowitdown?"
LittleJohnpickedupthelamp,butdidntbudge。
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"Goondown,"directedthegiant。
Thegiantsaid,"Takethelampandcomewithme。"
Thenthevoicespokeagain。"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"No,afteryou,"insistedLittleJohn。
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"Goahead!"repliedLittleJohn。
"Youraiseit!"repliedLittleJohn,andthegiantlifteditasthoughitwereamerepebble。
"Youopenit!"repliedLittleJohn。
"Byallmeans!"Andtherewasanotherarm。
"Yes!"
"Goahead!"Sodowncameanarm。LittleJohnbeganwhistlingatune。
"Youcarrythemup!"answeredLittleJohn。Andthegiantcarriedthemuponebyone。
"Throwitdown!"
Downcametheheadandsprangintoplaceatopthetrunk。Hewastrulyagiant,andLittleJohnraisedhisglassandsaid,"Toyourhealth!"
"Yougofirst!"saidthegiant。
Beneaththeslabtherewerethreepotsofgold。"Carrythoseupstairs!"orderedthegiant。
Sothegianttfirst,withLittleJohnbehindhimlightingtheway,andtheytth
ghroomafterroomuntiltheyhadwalkedthewholelengthofthepalace。Beneathoneofthestaircaseswasasmalldoor。
"Goahead!"Soanotherlegdroppedintothefireplace。LittleJohnbitintothesausage。
"Afteryou!"thunderedthegiant。