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James Whitcomb Riley - Jack The Giant KillerJames Whitcomb Riley - Jack The Giant Killer
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_Bad Boy`s Version_.   Tell you a story--an` it`s a fac`:--   Wunst wuz a little boy, name wuz Jack,   An` he had sword an` buckle an` strap   Maked of gold, an` a "`visibul cap;"   An` he killed Gi`nts `at et whole cows--   Th` horns an` all--an` pigs an` sows!   But Jack, his golding sword wuz, oh!   So awful sharp `at he could go   An` cut th` ole Gi`nts clean in two   Fore `ey knowed what he wuz goin` to do!   An` _one_ ole Gi`nt, he had four   Heads, and name wuz "Bumblebore"--   An` he wuz feered o` Jack--`cause he,   _Jack_, he killed six--five--ten--three,   An` all o` th` uther ole Gi`nts but him:   An` thay wuz a place Jack haf to swim   `Fore he could git t` ole "Bumblebore"--   Nen thay was "griffuns" at the door:   But Jack, he thist plunged in an` swum   Clean acrost; an` when he come   To th` uther side, he thist put on   His "`visibul cap," an` nen, dog-gone!   You could n`t see him at all!--An` so   He slewed the "griffuns"--_boff_, you know!   Nen wuz a horn hunged over his head   High on th` wall, an` words `at read,--   "Whoever kin this trumput blow   Shall cause the Gi`nt`s overth`ow!"   An` Jack, he thist reached up an` blowed   The stuffin` out of it! an` th`owed   Th` castul-gates wide open, an`   Nen tuck his gold sword in his han`,   An` thist marched in t` ole "Bumblebore,"   An`, `fore he knowed, he put `bout four   Heads on him--an` chopped `em off, too!--   Wisht `at _I`d_ been Jack!--don`t you?
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