“‘Yes,’ he said, ’a Giant at Oraibi has been carrying away more than half the children from our village.’

“She said, ’Yes, we know all about this and just waiting for you to come to ask our help.  I have dreamed that you would come today for our help.’

“Then the man gave his nice presents to the boys and said, ’Tomorrow you come over to Oraibi and meet the Giant when he comes at sunrise for children.’

“The boys said, ‘Sure, we kill him!’

“But the grandmother said, ‘Don’t brag, just say you do your best!’

“Next morning both boys forget all about it, but grandmother wake them up and started them off.

“They got to Oraibi Mesa and waited for the Giant, but they got to playing with their balls and sticks and forgot to watch for him.

“Soon the Giant came slipping up, but the boys saw him and they said, ’Here’s that Giant, let’s hit the ball hard and hit him in the head and kill him.’  So they did, and knocked him off the mesa.

“It didn’t kill him though, but he got mad, and he said, ’You wait and see what I do to you!’ And he came back and picked them up, one at a time, and put them in his basket and started off with them.

“As they were going along, the boys told the Giant they have to get out, for just a minute please.  So the Giant let them get out of the basket, but he held on to the rope that he has tied around them.

“So the boys stepped behind a big rock and untied themselves and fastened the rope to the rock.  Then the Giant got mad and pulled the rope hard and the big rock rolled over on him and hurt his legs.

“Then that Giant was sure mad, and he catch those boys again and he put them in his basket and take them right home and make oven very hot for cooking boys.

“But the boys had some good medicine with them that their grandmother gave them, and each took some in his mouth and when the Giant threw the first boy in the oven, he spit a little of the medicine out into the oven and cooled it off, so that it was just warm enough for comfort.  So the boys told stories and had fun all night.

“Next morning the Giant made pudding to go with his meat, and he opened the oven and there were the boys smiling.

“Giant was very hungry, so he said, ’You come out and I challenge you to fight it out and see who is more powerful.’

“So the Giant threw his rabbit stick at the bigger boy, but the boy jumped up and the stick caught fire as it passed under him.  Then the Giant threw at smaller boy just high enough to hit his head, but he ducked down and the stick passed over his head like a streak of fire.  Then he tried bow and arrows, but nothing hurt the boys.

“Then the Giant said, ’Well I have used all my weapons and failed, so now you can try to kill me.’

“So both boys threw their rabbit sticks at the same time.  One broke the Giant’s legs, the other cut off his head.  Then the boys smelled the pine gum that he was made of, so they burned him up and he sure did make a big blaze.