much that it got up and ran away with the witch inside.
"help! help!" cried the witch, but the giant did not hear. he was busy looking through the crack.
he put one big, blue eye against the crack and looked through.
at first he did not know what he was looking at. there were too many green things in his way. there were little leaves nodding in a breeze and grasses rustling. what he was looking at through the crack was a garden.
then he saw a black and white bird. the bird saw his shiny, watery eye.
“is that a bit of the sky?” asked the bird. the blue did not answer so 