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Soon I found myself in a cornfield where the plants towered over me.

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It took me an hour to walk across the field.

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The tops of the nearby trees were so high I could barely see them.

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I was about to go into the next field when I saw another giant approaching.

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His steps were enormous and shook the ground.

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Terrified, I hid in the corn and hoped that he would not notice me.

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He shouted something with a voice like thunder.

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Seven more giants joined him.

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He seemed to be a farmer, and the other giants seemed to be his farm workers.

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He pointed into the field and gave his workers some instructions.

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Quickly, they began to cut down the corn with their knives.

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I kept moving away as the giants came closer.

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Finally, I came to an area where the corn had been knocked down, perhaps by a strong wind.

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The fallen plants blocked my way and I could not escape.

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I was afraid that one of the giants would cut me to pieces.

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I lost all hope of ever seeing my family again and lay down on the ground in despair.

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"My poor wife and children," I thought to myself.

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"What will they do if I die here?

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I was a fool to come on this journey.

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I should have stayed home."

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I thought of Lilliput and of how I had been a giant there.

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I felt tiny and unsafe in this place full of giants.

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Once again, I felt the ground shake as a giant came closer.

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Suddenly, his huge foot was right above me.

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"Stop! Please don't hurt me!"

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I screamed as loud as I could.

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The giant took a step backward and looked around for a few seconds.

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When he saw me, he picked me up gently between his forefinger and thumb and lifted me to his eye level.

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I was so high in the air that I decided not to struggle.

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If he dropped me, the fall would kill me.

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"Good day, sir," I said to him politely.

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Of course, he couldn't understand me.

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I tried to appear friendly.

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He looked pleased, but his grip was hurting me.

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I tried to indicate this with signs, which he seemed to understand.

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He put me carefully into his pocket and walked over to his master, the farmer.

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The master listened as his worker explained how he had found me.

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Then the worker put me gently on the ground.

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I stood up and walked back and forth slowly to show that I was not going to run away.

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I took off my hat and bowed to the farmer as if he were someone of great importance.

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I spoke as loudly as I could so that the farmer could hear me.

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After examining me for a while, the farmer seemed to realize that I was some kind of human.

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He spoke to me in his language, but his voice was so loud that it hurt my ears.

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I spoke to him in all the languages I knew, but we could not understand each other.

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The master spread his handkerchief on his hand and put his hand near the ground.

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Then he made signs for me to step onto his hand.

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I did so and lay down.

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He folded his handkerchief around me so that I would not fall off his hand.

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Walking slowly, he carried me to his house.

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When we arrived there, he called his wife and showed me to her.

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She took one look at me and screamed in fright.

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When she saw my polite behavior toward her husband, however, she became very friendly.