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If my father and I were curiously observed by the ship's occupants, this strange race of giants offered us an equal amount of wonderment. IF MY FATHER AND I WERE CURIOUSLY OBSERVED BY THE SHIP'S OCCUPANTS THIS STRANGE RACE OF GIANTS OFFERED US AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WONDERMENT
r sloop. Finally, the leader motioned as if to ask whether we were willing to leave our craft to go on board their ship. "What say you, my son?" asked my father. "They cannot do any more than kill us." "They seem to be kindly disposed," I replied, "although what terrible giants! They must be the select six of the kingdom's crack regiment. Just look at their great size." "We may as well go willingly as be taken by force," said my father, smiling, "for they are certainly able to capture us." Thereupon he made known, by signs, that we were ready to accompany them. Within a few minutes we were on board the ship, and half an hour later our little fishing-craft had been lifted bodily out of the water by a strange sort of hook and tackle, and set on board as a curiosity. There were several hundred people on board this, to us, mammoth ship, which we discovered was called "The Naz," meaning, as we afterward learned, "Pleasure," or to give a more proper interpretation, "Pleasure Excursion" ship. D TO INTEREST THEM MORE THAN ANY OTHER PART OF OUR SLOOP FINALLY THE LEADER MOTIONED AS IF TO ASK WHETHER WE WERE WILLING TO LEAVE OUR CRAFT TO GO ON BOARD THEIR SHIP WHAT SAY YOU MY SON ASKED MY FATHER THEY CANNOT DO ANY MORE THAN KILL US THEY SEEM TO BE KINDLY DISPOSED I REPLIED ALTHOUGH WHAT TERRIBLE GIANTS THEY MUST BE TO SELECT SIX OF THE KINGDOM'S CRACK REGIMENT JUST LOOK AT THEIR GREAT SIZE WE MAY AS WELL GO WILLINGLY AS BE TAKEN BY FORCE SAID MY FATHER SMILING BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY ABLE TO CAPTURE US THEREUPON HE MADE KNOWN BY SIGNS THAT WE WERE READY TO ACCOMPANY THEM WITHIN A FEW MINUTES WE WERE ON BOARD THE SHIP AND HALF AN HOUR LATER OUR LITTLE FISHING CRAFT HAD BEEN LIFTED BODILY OUT OF THE WATER BY A STRANGE SORT OF HOOK AND TACKLE AND SET ON BOARD AS A CURIOSITY THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE ON BOARD THIS TO US MADMOUTH'S SHIP WHICH WE DISCOVERED WAS CALLED AN ASS MEANING AS WE AFTERWARD LEARNED PLEASURE OR TO GIVE A MORE PROPER INTERPRETATION PLEASURE EXCURSIONSHIP
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