The Boy Who Dropped The Giant Child In The Well

Once upon a time there was a giant people who lived in the forest. All around their cottage was lush grounds, so that the giant's cattle were always well flesh; but the people in the nearest village had little and meager pasture. This regretted them, and they sometimes allowed their cattle to be herded on the egos of the journey. But such drainage not always well; for the giant, who was very cruel to mind, attacked the herds and killed them.
Not far from the giant's farm lived a poor woman who had only one son. He was small and slender in stature; but very suggestive and daring to mind. One day the boy told his mother that she was going to cry trenne cheeses. The woman complied with his request. When the cheeses were finished, the boy rolled them in the ashes, so that they appeared gray and tasteless. The mother was outraged at this and forbade him, that he was wasting God's gifts. But the boy bade her go in peace; she could not know what he had in mind.
Early in the morning the boy went to the forest with his mother's cattle, and herded the cattle into the giant's pastures. Here he wandered unhindered, as long as the sun stood in the sky; towards qevening he gathered his cattle, and prepared to return home. But in the meantime the giant had become perceive his visit, and now came with great strides towards him. The journey was very angry, and so grim in appearance, that the boy was saved in spite of all his heart unity. »What are you doing here in my yard?» red giant. The boy replied, that he had gone to find pasture for his cattle. The giant melted: »pack yourself away immediately, otherwise I want to hug you, as I am hugging you now this rock.” At this the tusse took hold of a large gray stone, which was lying on the ground, and hugged it, so that the stone flew into a thousand pieces. The boy said: »you are very strong; but I am not inferior in strength, although I am small to growth." He then picked up one of his cheeses and curdled it, that the whey flowed out. When the giant saw this he was greatly astonished, and said that there must be some betrayal in there. Tussen then again grabbed a stone away the ground, and crushed it into small pieces; but the boy took the other cheese and crystallized water there as before. Then the game was renewed again once, and the boy squeezed water from the third cheese. Then the giant said: »I didn't think you could be so strong. Follow me to my farm and serve faithful to me, and I will give you three bushels of gold. But if you are not ready, I want to cut three wide straps out of your back.» The boy retorted: 'this seems to me to be good conditions; but now I have to drive my cattle to the village.' They agreed to meet the day after that, and this ended their conversation for the time being.
The second day the boy went to the forest and met the giant, as was said. They were now followed to the giant's cabin. But the giant woman was so big and tough in appearance, that the boy feared her more than he feared the giant self.
After a while, the tuss and his servant would go to the forest and chop firewood. The giant said: "Because you are so strong, you can carry my axe." But the ax was very large and heavy, so that the boy could hardly lift it the. He melted: »Father! it is better J carry your ax myself, so I can go before and show the way.” With this the giant was satisfied, and they set off City. When they now came to the place, the giant stopped at a large tree. He said: »Since you are so strong, you can make the first cut; I want do the other.” 'No', said the farmhand, 'I'm not used to chopping like that small axe. I can make the first cut myself; I want to do the other.' The giant contented himself with this, raised his ax and made a great cut near the root; but the cut was so hard that the tree fell to the ground with it a loud barking. The boy thus escaped having the professor show up that time its strength.
When the tree was about to be brought home, the giant asked: »do you want to carry it at the top or at the root?” The farmhand replied: 'I want to carry at the top.' The giant lifted the tree on his shoulder, but the boy shouted that he had better walk during. The giant did as he was told, and finally got the whole log evenly over the shoulders. Then the boy himself jumped up and hid between the branches of the tree. When they now arrived at the farm, the giant was very tired, but the farmhand said that this was not much hard work.
The next day the giant said he wanted to go away; the farmhand would be at home and help mother churn butter. The giant woman now took out a core full of milk; but the core was so large that the boy could hardly manage lift the core staff. He said: »Mother! This seems to me to be an easy one work; but I would like to know how I should behave." The giantess did as he requested, and began to churn; the boy stood and looked up there. Right as it was, the giant child began to scream. Then said the maiden: "Take the child with you to the well and wash her clean; I want to core, while you are gone.» The boy left and took his time. When he now came to the well and was going to wash the little one, who was little less than himself, it succeeded no better than that the giant-child fell into the water and drowned. The man said, this was a ring damage; but he thought that henceforth it would not be advisable to stay long qvar with the giant people.
When the boy returned to the cabin, the maiden had begun to churn. "You have delayed a long time,' said she to the servant; »but where have you done with mine children?" The boy replied: 'well, after I washed her she ran off into the forest, to meet his father.' "Yes, then," resumed the lady, "then they will come soon." home together.”
Towards evening the giant returned from the forest and was very tired. The lady called out to him: "Father! what have you done with our girl?” The giant answered: 'I have not seen any girl.' Then the giant woman became startled and started screaming loudly and wailing. The boy said that he and the giant wanted to go away and seek the child. They now went to the forest, and looked everywhere, but could find none.
When the traveler and his servant had wandered about for a long time, they finally arrived the limit of the giant's egos. Then the shepherd boy said: "Father! I am now not far from home. Gave me leave to go to my mother, who is waiting me. Tomorrow I want to come again and help you search.» In between retorted: 'you can go, after you have been so faithful to me; but come soon back.' At these words the giant took out three bushels of gold and gave the boy as wages for his service. But the farmhand thanked him, and said himself next time want to serve even better.
The giant and the shepherd boy now went their separate ways. The boy went home to his mother, and gave her all the goods he had won, so that they from it the day be rich and happy. But the giant roamed the forest for to look for his child. He and his girlfriend go there and search even today.