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admit him, but found it a very hard task. At last she
consented; and as she led the way, Jack observed that
every thing was just as he had found it before: she
took him into the kitchen, and she hid him in an old
lumber-closet. The Giant returned at the usual time,
and walked in so heavily that the house was shaken to
its foundation.
He seated himself by a good fire, saying, "I smell
fresh meat;" the wife replied it was the crows, who
had brought a piece of carrion, and laid it at the top
of the house upon the leads. Whilst supper was
preparing, the Giant was very ill-tempered and
impatient, frequently lifting up his hand to strike his
wife for not being quick enough; she, however, was
always so fortunate as to elude the blow; he was also
continually up-braiding her with the loss of his
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