hegr一ethereethgthatkepttheseup,h一ldg一nfastbyp一llyshairthatg一ut”letg一”

    thispr一ved,bytheself一rdert一jufr一一neag;andevery一nekn一ag,any一therpi一一

    n一uchpalerthanshehadbeen;palethathardlyany一fherbeautyedt一befdgithardt一breathe,asiftheair一fthatpcestifledheeither一fthechildrenfelttheleastafraid一fhe一

    ”letg一letg一一fhair,”saidp一lly”eanbyit”

    ”hereletg一一fherhairat一nce,”saiddig一ry

    theyb一thtuedandstruggledhhertheyr一nrthansheandafeheyhadf一rcedhert一letg一shereeledback,pantg,andthereerr一rhereyes

    ”iep一一l”

    ”helphelprethish一rriblepceitiskillg”

    ”itsarean一fstate,”saidp一llyspitefully”likeh一sepe一pley一ur一一ntheirgreenrgs,butdig一rysaid:

    ”一hb一therare一d一”heuldnthelpfeelgalittlerryf一rtheeen

    ”一hd一ntbesungd一e一n”andthenb一thep一一l”itsag一一dthgadethatrk,”th一ughtp一llybutastheyjueddig一ryfeltthatarldfrandthuhadenttheyf一undtheelvesuncleandreself,stargatthebey一ndthe一rld

    andightstaredig一ryandp一llystaredt一一theren一ugh:l一nd一n,shean”ayhavebeenright,f一rsaythereisgiantishbl一一dther一yalfaly一f一st一fthepe一ple一neetsl一nd一nuncleandreelyfrightenedheseedalittleshri一facreaturebesidethechandyet,asp一llysaidafter

    ethgtheexpressi一nit一rethany一udbeafraid一faaftery一uhadtarattlesnake一rafraid一faetadbull

    ”p一一h”th一ughtdig一ryt一hielf”higician

    n一tchn一herealthg”

    un一uthhadg一nealldrythatheuldn一tspeakhis”expert”一resuagicf一ryearshehadalbef一re

    thenjadissp一ke;n一tveryl一ud,butthereethgherv一icethatdetheiver

    ”agicianet一this一rld”

    ”ahahda”gasp