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to make Dapplegrim swim through it he would not; and then he lay down on the bank of the stream and commenced to drink up as much of it as he could.
The Giant Tries to Drink the Stream
And he drank and he drank and he drank, till at last he swallowed so much that he burst; and that was the end of the giant.
Meanwhile Edgar and the Master-Maid had ridden on fast and furious till they came near where the palace of the King, Edgar's father, could be seen in the far distance. And Edgar said:
"Let me go on first and tell my father and
