The baby giant book

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The Baby Giant Words and pictures OisĂ­n McGann

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For Milo First published 2009 by The O’Brien Press Ltd, 12 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 4923333; Fax: +353 1 4922777 E-mail: books@obrien.ie; Website: www.obrien.ie Copyright for text © Oisín McGann 2009 Copyright for illustrations, layout, editing and design © The O’Brien Press Ltd ISBN: 978-1-84717-088-0 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any way or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher.

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data McGann, Oisin The baby giant. - (Panda Legends series) 1. Children’s stories I. Title 823.9’2[J] The O’Brien Press receives assistance from

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A story of old times and new – a story of all times.

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Many years ago, there was a giant called

Finn MacCool.

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He was happy – and hairy – and was the

biggest, strongest giant in Ireland.

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Finn spent most of his time

fighting bullies.

But he was a friendly man.

He was tired of fighting.

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One day, he said to his wife, ‘I need a holiday.’

‘Great!’ she said.

‘I’d love to go to Scotland.

But, you know, I don’t like going on boats.’

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His wife’s name was Úna.

She wasn’t scared of much, but she was scared of the sea.

‘Don’t you worry,’ Finn told her.

‘I’ll build a bridge for you.’

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So Finn went down to the seaside.

He started digging rocks out of the cliffs and jamming them into the ground in front of him.

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Soon, they reached far out into the sea like a bridge.

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Finn worked for a week.

He built a bridge of stones all the way to Scotland.

Then he walked all the way back to Ireland across his bridge.

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When he got home, Finn was very, very tired.

He put on his pyjamas and went straight to bed.

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‘I’m going to sleep, Úna!’ he called to his wife.

‘I’m all worn out!’

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‘Grand, so!’ said Úna.

‘We can go to Scotland tomorrow, when you’re feeling better.’

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‘I’ll make some sandwiches and we can have a picnic on the new bridge on our way to Scotland.

You have a nice sleep, now, and I’ll wake you up in the morning.’

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