Jack the Giant Killer!

Dead Giant.

Close by there was a huge castle, which belonged to a giant called Cormoran. He was eighteen feet high, and when he was very hungry he would walk down into the village, pick up a man in each hand, and carry them off to broil for his breakfast.

Now Jack determined to put a stop to this, so . . . he struck the giant a heavy blow on his head with the pole-axe and killed him. Then he cut off his head and brought it home to the village, and the peasants were so pleased to see Cormoran dead, that they clubbed together and bought Jack a sword, on which was written in gold letters:

“This is the valiant Englishman,

Who slew the giant Cormoran.”

And after that they gave him the name of “Jack the Giant Killer,” and so he is always called.

Jack The Giant Killer.

W. B. Conkey Company: New York. 1898.

Giants Eat Little Boys & Girls!

A GOOD SUPPER

Many years ago, in the wonderful time when King Arthur ruled over England, there lived in Cornwall a number of giants, who never did any work, but stole sheep and cattle from the people in the country round. Some of them even ate little boys and girls when they wanted a specially good supper.

Jack The Giant Killer

W. B. Conkey Company: New York. 1898.

Tied By The Hair Of Their Heads!

“Three Fair Ladies Tied by the Hair of Their Heads.”
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER.
Mother Fairy-Tales
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.
Illustrator: R. A. Bell.

Then, taking the giant’s keys, and unlocking the rooms, he found three fair ladies tied by the hair of their heads, almost starved to death.

“Sweet ladies,” quoth Jack, “I have killed this monster and his brutish brother, and so set you free.”