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The Giant's Accidents
The giant stood up and hit his head:
he gasped and fell back on the bed.
The bed broke with a mighty crack -
he dropped right through and bumped his back.
He lept up with a mighty roar
and knocked his elbow on the door.
He stiffened with the sudden pain
and then he hit his head again.
He staggered round - the room was reeling -
he slipped and crashed straight through the ceiling.
To try and stop his sudden fall
he stretched hhis armm to grasp the wall.
The noise was heard all over town:
the whole house swayed and tumbled down.
He tunnelled up from underneath
with bits of floorboards in his teeth.
He shook his beard: some bricks dropped out
and gave his nose a nasty clout.
"It can't get worse", he gave a grin,
then slipped on a banana skin.
by
Charles Thomson
