ttothepalace。
Thenthevoicespokeagain。"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"Goondown,"directedthegiant。
Atmidnighthewassittingatthetableeating,whenheheardavoiceinthechimney。"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"Byallmeans!"Andtherewasanotherarm。
"Throwitdown!"
"Youraiseit!"repliedLittleJohn,andthegiantlifteditasthoughitwereamerepebble。
"Youcarrythemup!"answeredLittleJohn。Andthegiantcarriedthemuponebyone。
"Youopenit!"repliedLittleJohn。
"Goahead!"Sodowncameanarm。LittleJohnbeganwhistlingatune。
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
Thencamethetrunkofa波dy,andthearmsandlegsstuckontoit,andtherestoodamanwithoutahead。
"Yougofirst!"saidthegiant。
Sothegianttfirst,withLittleJohnbehindhimlightingtheway,andtheytthghroomafterroomuntiltheyhadwalkedthewholelengthofthepalace。Beneathoneofthestaircaseswasasmalldoor。
Downthechimneyintothefireplacefellamansleg。LittleJohndrankaglassofwine。
Downcametheheadandsprangintoplaceatopthetrunk。Hewastrulyagiant,andLittleJohnraisedhisglassandsaid,"Toyourhealth!"
Thegiantsaid,"Takethelampandcomewithme。"
Sothegiantshoveditopenwithhisshoulder。Therewasaspiralstaircase。
"Goahead!"repliedLittleJohn。
Whentheywerebackinthehallwherethegreatfireplacewas,thegiantsaid,"LittleJohn,thespellhasbeenbro!"Atthat,oneofhislegcameoffandkickeditswayupthech
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
"Afteryou!"thunderedthegiant。
"No,afteryou,"insistedLittleJohn。
"Afteryou,"answeredLittleJohn。
Theytdownthestepsintoacellar,andthegiantpointedtoastonesla波nthegnd。"Raisethat!"
"Yes!"
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
Beneaththeslabtherewerethreepotsofgold。"Carrythoseupstairs!"orderedthegiant。
"Youleadtheway!"yelledLittleJohn。
"ShallIthrowitdown?"
LittleJohnpickedupthelamp,butdidntbudge。
"Openit!"orderedthegiant。
"Goahead!"Soanotherlegdroppedintothefireplace。LittleJohnbitintothesausage。