Whatever happened, she simply must play along with this peculiar giant and smile at his jokes.īut were they jokes? Perhaps the great brute was just working up an appetite by talking about food. She was wondering with a bit of a tremble what all this talking about eating people was leading up to.
'I imagine that's possible too,' Sophie said. 'Greeks from Greece is all tasting greasy' the Giant said. Some is scrumdiddlyumptious and some is uckyslush. 'Every human bean is diddly and different. 'Of course they would!' the Giant shouted. He says Turks from Turkey is tasting of turkey.' 'Bonecrunching Giant says Turks is tasting oh ever so much juicier and more scrumdiddlyumptious! Bonecruncher says Turkish human beans has a glamourly flavour. Sophie's sense of patriotism was suddenly so bruised by this remark that she became quite angry 'Why Turks?' she blurted out. 'Every night Bonecruncher is galloping off to Turkey to gobble Turks.'
'Bonecrunching Giant only gobbles human beans from Turkey' the Giant said. 'You is about right! Giants is all cannybully and murderful! And they does gobble up human beans! We is in Giant Country now! Giants is everywhere around! Out there us has the famous Bonecrunching Giant! Bonecrunching Giant crunches up two wopsey whiffling human beans for supper every night! Noise is earbursting! Noise of crunching bones goes crackety-crack for miles around!' 'Just because I is a giant, you think I is a man-gobbling cannybull!' he shouted.
The teeth were very white and very square and they sat in his mouth like huge slices of white bread. He grinned, showing massive square teeth. Each one was as big as the wheel of a truck and he seemed to be able to move them inwards and outwards from his head as he wished. The Giant sat down and stared hard at Sophie. Now he really is going to eat me, Sophie thought. The Giant picked up the trembling Sophie with one hand and carried her across the cave and put her on the table. 'What has us got here?' His booming voice rolled around the walls of the cave like a burst of thunder. 'Ha!' shouted the Giant, walking forward and rubbing his hands together.
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