英語故事:Jack the Giant Killer(Part 2)

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Jackcontinued his journey, and fell in before long with the son of King Arthur, who had come into Wales to deliver a lovely lady from a magician who held her captive. Jack offered his services and the prince was glad, of course, to accept them.

They came to the castle of a giant who had three heads, and by his own account could whip five hundred men. Jack told the prince to stay behind while he went to ask for lodginghim to escape. The giant was very grateful, and told Jack that he would give him something precious for a reward. He brought fortha coat, a sword, and a pair of shoes, and said: "When you put on the coat no one can so you, the sword will cut through anything, and with the shoes you can run with the speed of the wind."

With the help of these useful articles, Jack and the prince soon found the magician, and overcame him, and set the lady free. The prince led her to his father's court, where he married her; while Jack, for his gallantry, was made a Knightof the Round Table.

But Jack would not be idle while there were any giants left; so be soon set out once more to do battle against them. One day as he passed through a wood he saw a giant dragging a knight and a handsome lady along by their hair. Jack put on his magic coat of darkness, and drawing his sword of sharpness, thrust it into the giant's leg, and gave him such a wound that he fell to the ground, upon which Jack cut his great ugly head off.

The knight and his lady invited Jack to their castle, but he said that before he went he wished to see the giant's dento go. He found the cave easily enough, for the giant was sitting at the mouth of it, with a great spikedclub in his hands. Jack ran up and gave him a stab with his sword. The giant could see nobody, but began laying blows all about with his club. Jack easily kept out of the way, and, meanwhile, continued slashinghim with his sword until he killed him. Then he cut off his head, and sent it along with his brother's to the king, in a wagon--and a good big wagon-load they made.

Then Jack went to the castle of the knight and the lady. While he was there the news came that Thundel, a savagegiant, and a cousin of the two others, was coming to avengetheir deaths. Everyone except Jack was filled with terror. He assured them that he would dispose of Thundel, and gave orders that the drawbridge over the moat around the castle should be sawn nearly through, so that it would barely stand, and that a rope with a loop at the end should be made ready. Then, after putting on his shoes of swiftness, he went out to meet the giant. As soon as he came within hearing, Jack began to taunthim, and when the giant started in chase, he ran back to the castle and over the drawbridge, which remained strong enough to support his light weight. But when the giant followed, it crashed beneath him, and down he went in the water. As soon as his head bobbed up, Jack threw the loop of the rope over it, and drew him to the bank and cut his head off.

After spending a few days with the knight and his lady, Jack set out again. He met with an old hermitwho told him of a giant named Galligantus, who lived on a hill near by, and whose destruction would be a task worthyof him.

"He is a magician," said he, "and always goes about with a great owlon his shoulder. He has an enchantedcastle, in which he holds captive a number of knightsand ladies, whom, by his magic, he has turned into beasts. The means of breaking the enchantmentis engravedon the inner doorwayof the castle, and may be read by anyone who can pass the outer gates; but these are guarded by two griffins who dartfire from their mouths, and have destroyed all the brave knights who have yet tried to enter. But with your coat of darkness you can safely pass them, and once in, you will easily manage the rest.

Jack promised to do his best, and started the next morning for the top of the mountain. There he saw the two fierygriffins, but as he had on his magical coat he passed between them unhurt. Then he came to the inner doorway, where hung a golden trumpetwould no longer avail him. But Jack found him, and with his sword of sharpness quickly put an end to him. The captives were all changed back to their own shapes when the trumpet sounded, and now Jack went through the castle and set them free. Among them there was a beautiful young lady, the daughter of a duke, and Jack thought he would see her safely to her father's castle. Upon the way he fell deeply in love with her; and finding that she returned his affection, he asked her father's consent to their marriage, and it was given. King Arthur, for his great services, made him a baron, and gave him estates and a castle, in which he and his fair wife lived long in content and happiness.

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