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This he jerked up and down to make ready for his task of thrashing "the pigmy." THIS HE JERKED UP AND DOWN TO MAKE READY FOR HIS TASK OF THRASHING THE PIGMY
 filled and left plenty of room on either side. Cracking his whip, the new driver kept the four horses on a galloping pace, until very soon he called out "whoa," before the frowning high gateway of Giant Blubb. Tom shouted from the depth of his lungs: "Open the gate and let me drive through. This is the King's Highway." The only reply, for a minute, was the barking of the curs. Then a rattling of bolts was heard, and the great gates swung wide open. "Who are you, you impudent fellow? Go round over the hill, or I'll thrash you," blustered Giant Blubb, in a rage. "Better save your breath to cool your porridge, you big boaster, and come out and fight," said Tom. "Fight? You pigmy. I'll just get a switch and whip you, as I would a bad boy." Thereupon Giant Blubb stepped aside into the grove nearby, keeping all the while an eye on his gate, guarded by his two monstrous dogs. He selected an elm tree twenty feet high, tore it up by the roots, pulled off the branches, and peeled it for a whip. THE SEAT OF THE CART WHICH TWO MEN USUALLY FILLED AND LEFT PLENTY OF ROOM ON EITHER SIDE CRACKING HIS WHIP THE NEW DRIVER KEPT THE FOUR HORSES ON A GALLOPING PACE UNTIL VERY SOON HE CALLED OUT WOE BEFORE THE FROWNING HIGH GATEWAY OF GIANT BLUB TOM SHOUTED FROM THE DEPTHS OF HIS LUNGS OPEN THE GATE AND LET ME DRIVE THROUGH THIS IS THE KING'S HIGHWAY THE ONLY REPLY FOR A MINUTE WAS THE BARKING OF THE CURS THEN THE RATTLING OF BOLTS WAS HEARD AND THE GREAT GATES SWUNG WIDE OPEN WHO ARE YOU YOU IMPRUDENT FELLOW GO AROUND OVER THE HILL OR I'LL THRASH YOU BLUSTERED THE GIANT BLUB IN A RAGE BETTER SAVE YOUR BREATH TO COOL YOUR PORRIDGE YOU BIG BOASTER AND COME OUT AND FIGHT SAID TOM FIGHT YOU PIG ME I'LL GET A SWITCH AND WHIP YOU AS I WOULD A BAD BOY THEREUPON GIANT BLUB STEPPED ASIDE INTO THE GROVE NEAR BY KEEPING ALL THE WHILE AN EYE ON HIS GAIT GUARDED BY HIS TWO MONSTROUS DOGS HE SELECTED AN ELM TREE TWENTY FEET HIGH TORE IT UP BY THE ROOTS PULLED OFF THE BRANCHES AND PEELED IT FOR A WHIP
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