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This jolly fellow was very good natured and popular, but often very lazy. His mother talked with him many times, urging him to learn a trade, or in some way make an honest living. She found it very hard to keep anything in her larder, barn, pantry, or cellar, when he was at home. THIS JOLLY FELLOW WAS VERY GOOD NATURED AND POPULAR BUT OFTEN VERY LAZY HIS MOTHER TALKED WITH HIM MANY TIMES URGING HIM TO LEARN HER TRADE OR IN SOME WAY MAKE AN HONEST LIVING SHE FOUND IT VERY HARD TO KEEP ANYTHING IN HER LARDER BARN PANTRY OR CELLAR WHEN HE WAS HOME
cies, exactly as a boy peers into the window of a candy shop. What made all the country round hate this cruel giant was not wholly on account of his awful appetite. It was because he had ruined the King's High Road. Ever since the time of King Lud, whose name we read in Ludgate Hill, in London, where His Cymric Majesty had lived, this highway had been free to all. It ran all the way through Cornwall, from Penzance, and thence eastward to London and beyond. When Giant Blubb wished to enlarge his castle, he had the walls and towers built down to the river's edge. This closed up the big road, so that people had to go far around and up over the hill, or by boat along the river. Such a roundabout way took much time and toil, and was too much trouble for all. Everybody had to submit to this extortion, until there came along Giant Tom, of whom we shall now tell. His real name was Rolling Stone, for he never stuck long in one place at a job, and cared not a cucumber for money, or fine clothes.  AS DELICACIES EXACTLY AS A BOY PEERS INTO THE WINDOW OF A CANDY SHOP WHAT MADE ALL THE COUNTRY ROUND HATE THIS CRUEL GIANT WAS NOT WHOLLY ON ACCOUNT OF HIS AWFUL APPETITE IT WAS BECAUSE HE HAD RUINED THE KING'S HIGH ROAD EVER SINCE THE TIME TIME OF KING LUD WHOSE NAME WE READ IN LUDGATE HILL IN LONDON WHERE HIS COMRACK MAJESTY HAD LIVED THIS HIGHWAY HAD BEEN FREE TO ALL AND RAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH CORNWALL FROM PENZANCE AND THENCE EASTWARD TO LONDON AND BEYOND WHEN GIANT BLOOD WISHED TO ENLARGE HIS CASTLE HE HAD THE WALLS AND TOWERS BUILT DOWN TO THE RIVER'S EDGE THIS CLOSED UP THE BIG ROAD SO THAT PEOPLE HAD TO GO FAR AROUND AND UP OVER THE HILL OR BY BOAT ALONG THE RIVER SUCH A ROUNDABOUT WAY TOOK MUCH TIME AND TOIL AND WAS TOO MUCH TROUBLE FOR ALL EVERYBODY HAD TO SUBMIT TO THIS EXTORTION UNTIL THERE CAME ALONG GIANT TOM OF WHOM WE SHALL NOW TELL HIS REAL NAME WAS ROLLING STONE FOR HE NEVER STUCK LONG IN ONE PLACE AT ONE JOB AND HE CARED NOT A CUCUMBER FOR MONEY OR FOR FINE CLOTHES
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