Margaret & the giants

There was once an old man who had 2 sons, and 1 daughter, who lived in a small cottage away from the village. The elder son, Menelaus was selfish and mean to his siblings. Christopher, the second son, liked to be better than Menelaus, and he bullied his younger sister, Margaret. Margaret, the youngest had more brains than the other two combined.   

One day the family ran out of food, so he asked his elder son, Menelaus to go to the town square and ask for some bread and cheese. Menelaus grumbled and groaned, and finally set off to the town square. There he saw people screaming and running out of the castle. He entered the castle full of curiosity to know what all the racket was about. Then he saw a humongous , mean, and ugly giant that he had ever seen. The giant roared, “Give me all your gold, and I might spare your life!” Menelaus ran back home and told everyone what had happened.

Christopher, who always wanted to beat his brother at everything, said, “Mene, you scaredy cat! I will get the bread and cheese, and kill the giant!” So off he went, to the town square where the giant was thrashing and throwing people. Christopher unsheathed his dagger and started thrashing his sword at the giants ankle. The giant, who was thrashing the bodies, stopped, dropped the body and started to giggle. He giggled and giggled until he couldn’t hold it any longer, so he guffawed. Christopher was so shocked at the giants laugh(because a giants laugh sounds like he is coughing or choking) that he ran all the way back home. He was so ashamed, to tell everyone what had happened that Menelaus teased him until it was time to sleep.

That night, Margaret crept out of bed and went out the front door, and headed for the town square. She didn’t know where the town square exactly was, but she knew that she was close, because of the familiar giant laugh. Then she went through a small crack in the wall, and peeped through. There she saw, not 1, but 3 giants laughing. Margaret was so disgusted at the ugliness of the giants, that she picked up the nearest thing next to her, and threw it at the giants. Thock! The thing that was next to her was a dead body, it hit one of the giants square in the eye. The giant howled in pain, but the other 2 stood up and walked/stomped to Margaret. She thought that they wouldn’t be able to see her, but then one of the giants snatched  her and said, “Now, would you look at that, I think I just found what we need to do the job!” The giants crowded around her and looked at her like she was their dinner. The one who was holding her, led the other giants outside a castle, there he said, “I will hurl you on top of the castle. I want you to open the castle door and let us in. You, got it?!” Shakily Margaret said, “But won’t the guards get me?” The giant with the hairy nose said, “We already killed all the guards, so HURRY UP!!!” So the giant who was holding Margaret, threw her on top of the castle. Margaret went down windy stairs, until she came to the bottom floor. There she wondered, why do the giants want to enter this castle so badly? But then she knew why, because there at the far end of the room, was 18 cauldrons overflowing with gold. Margaret then said, “I don’t want to let the giants take all this gold!” So Margaret thought of a plan as she gazed at the small door. “Hurry up and let us in!” said the giants. Margaret then replied, “I’ll let you in the smaller door because I can’t open the big one!” So Margaret opened the smaller door. The giant with the hairy nose squeezed himself through, but he got stuck, then Margaret unsheathed her sword and stabbed the giant in the heart. Then the other giant pushed the dead body of his way and poked his head through, Margaret then sliced his head. The other giant squeezed through and said, “Give me the gold and I might spare your life!!!” But Margaret merely said, “Wish I could say the same thing to ya.” Then she stabbed him in the heart and sliced his head off. Then she ran to the kings room and told him that she had killed the giants, but the king didn’t believe her, so she showed him the bodies of the giants. The king then said, “I must award you for the giants have been a great threat to the kingdom, what is it that you want?” Margaret thought hard and finally she answered, “My family needs some food, so is it ok if I may come to the castle and give some food for them?” The king nodded and said, “But I want to give YOU the reward because YOU were the one who enslaved the giants.” Without skipping a beat, Margaret answered, “Can I be a knight? Even though I am a girl?” The king then said, “Then let it be done, the first ever girl to protect the kingdom from harm!”

Then they lived Happily Ever After!     

The End