Now , shall we toss for corners ? '' `` All right ! '' said Dick , calling `` Heads '' and winning . He took the corner with the sun on his back and in the Giant 's face . To it they went , the Giant aiming a blow with his club that would have felled an elephant . Dick dodged , and cut off the Giant 's feet at the ankles . `` First blood for the prince ! '' said the Giant , coming up smiling . `` Half - minute time ! '' He occupied the half-minute in placing the feet neatly beside each other , as if they had been a pair of boots . Round II . -- The Giant sparring for wind , Ricardo cuts him in two at the waist . The Giant folded his legs up neatly , like a pair of trousers , and laid them down on a rock . He had now some difficulty in getting rapidly over the ground , and stood mainly on the defensive , and on his waist . Round III . -- Dick bisects the Giant . Both sides now attack him on either hand , and the feet kick him severely . `` No kicking ! '' said Dick . `` Nonsense ; all fair in war ! ''
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