STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By MAX TRELL
44 TIRED of being so small," Knarf, the Shadow Boy with the Turned-About Name, maid to his sister Hanid.
But Kmart, you aren't so mall," Hanid said, looring up from the book she had ́ been reading. “You're as big as you should be and that's biz
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As big as giant. "ra. like to be as big as Giant," Knarf said,
Hanid looked at her brother
astonishment.
A Wish Comes True
—Mr. Merlin Makes Kuarf As Big As A Giant-
"As big as a Giant? But you "He wants to be a Giant," wouldn't like that! I'm sure Hanid said, pointing to her you wouldn't!"
brother.
"He does, does be?" asked Mr Merlin.
At that moment Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician, stuck his head out from behind flie bookcase where he lived.
"Here! What's all this argu- ment about? I was taking a nap and you woke me up.”
Rupert and the Winter Sale—18
While Rupert and the nurse wait-in the office there is more lood and urgent talk outside. bething he hears makes the little He þeir moss towards the door.
anops. help bearing every word. lady in a fur coat is complain mg that she has lost a valuable.
purse. "It was only a little one." she says.
"A dull reddish colour. but it had a lot in it. I can't imagine where I dropped it. Or did I leave it on a counter? Or, oh dear, are there pickpockets ? ** Rupert has slipped into the cor ridor and gradually' creeps nearer.
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"I do," said Knarf "I want to be as big as the biggest Giant that ever lived"
"I told him he wouldn't like being a Giant," Hanid said to Mr Merlin.
Mr Merlin nodded.
Warns him
"Better stay the size you are," he warned Knarf. "But if you really want to be as big as a Giant I wish you'd make up your mind right now, be- cause I'd like to go back and finish my nap."
"Yes!
Knari.
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Yes! Yes!" shouted
“Aha,” said Mr Merlin. "So you want to be as big as a Giant?"
Mr Merlin snapped his fingers. He shut his eyes and mut tered some strange words. The next instant Knarf began, to grow.
He grew as tall as the piano, Then he grew as tall as walls in the room and hit | head against, the ceiling!
Then Knarf quickly ran into the hallway and he
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right on growing. He grew tall as the stairs. He grew 'up to the top floor. Then he grew up to the attic.
Knarf came out through the roof. He had now grown as big as the house. He sat down for a few moments on the roof of the house, He looked around him. His feet were in the gar- den. His head was as high as the tallest tree.
he
"I'm a big Giant now!" said to himself.
a
"All right, Mr Merlin, I'm big Giant now!" he called down.
Didn't hear
Perhaps Mr Merlin didn't
hear him. More likely, Mr Mer
lin didn't want to hear him.
So Knart kept on growing. He grew as tall as a hill. Then he grew as tall as a mountain. "I'm the biggest Giant that ever was!" Kahrf shouted.
And still he kept on growing! Knarf walked around.
Jumped and hopped
Africa and a
He took one step and crossed the ocean. He took a jump and landed in Australia. He took a hop to
skip to Asia.
When he stood on his toes he could look the moon right in the face!
the Kaarf washed his face with his rain out of a cloud. The stars in the sky winked at him, and out Knarf, the Giant, winked back kept at the stars.
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Knarf was face to face with the moon.
But even
so, there wasn't much fun, Why? Because Knarf was lonely. He was the only Giant in the whole wide world.
Sat on mountain
Knarf sat on a mountain top
and looked for someone to play with, someone to talk to..
The Eagles flew past him but they were frightened and : wouldn't talk.
Far, far below he could see People. But they wouldn't talk- to him. They were afraid of him because he was so big.
Knarf, the Giant, was mighty glad when, after an hour or so, Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician, finished taking his nap and made Knarf his regu-. lar size again.
"I'm glad I'm not a Giant any more," he said. "I want to stay just the size I am, ... . until I grow up!"
And Knarf laughed.
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