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“ Now , you little man , ” says the giant , “ you do that . ” “ Good throw , ” says the tailor . “ But your stone came back down to the ground . I will throw a stone that never comes back . ” Again he puts his hand into his pocket . This time he takes out the bird . He throws it up into the air . The bird is happy to be free . It flies up and up , and far away . It does not come back . “ How do you like that throw , friend ? ” asks the tailor . “ Well , you can throw , ” says the giant . “ But now let us see if you can carry things . ” IV . The Oak Tree and the Cherry Tree The giant takes the little tailor to a big oak tree . The oak is cut down , and it is lying on the ground . “ So you are strong ? ” says the giant . “ Then help me carry this tree out of the forest . ” “ Gladly , ” says the little tailor . “ You take the trunk on your shoulder . I will carry the branches . They are the heaviest part . ” The giant puts the big trunk on his shoulder . But the tailor does not carry the branches . He sits down on a branch at the back of the tree . The giant cannot turn his head and look back . So he carries the whole tree , and the little tailor too ! The tailor sits on his branch . He is very merry . He whistles an old song about three tailors on horses . For him , the tree is not heavy at all . The giant carries the heavy tree a long way . At last he cannot go on . “ Listen ! ” he calls . “ I must let the tree fall ! ” The tailor jumps down from his branch very quickly . He puts both arms round the tree . Now it looks as if he is carrying it . Then he says to the giant , “ You are such a big man ! And you cannot even carry a tree ! ” They walk on together . Soon they come to a cherry tree . The best , reddest cherries are at the very top of the tree . The giant takes the top of the tree in his big hand . He pulls it down and puts it into the tailor’s hand . “ Here , ” he says . “ Eat some cherries . ” But the little tailor is much too weak to hold the tree . The giant lets go , and the tree jumps back up . And the little tailor goes up into the air with it ! Then he falls to the ground again . But he is not hurt . “ What is this ? ” says the giant . “ Are you not strong enough to hold a little tree like that ? ” “ Oh , I am strong enough , ” says the tailor . “ A little tree is nothing for a man who killed seven at one blow ! I jumped over the tree because hunters are shooting down there in the bushes . Now you jump over the tree too , if you can . ” The giant tries to jump over the tree . But he cannot get over it . He gets caught in the branches and hangs there . So again the little tailor wins .
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