it was nearly gone; and Buffy-Bob caught it up and put it into the bag.
Then the two spiders turned and went down again as fast as they could.
Before they got to the bottom, they heard the shrieks of the she-eagle
over the loss of her egg; but the spiders told them not to be alarmed, for
her eyes were too big to see them. By the time they reached the foot of
the mountain, all the spiders had got home, and were busy again catching
flies, as if nothing had happened. So the children, after renewed thanks
to their friends, set off, carrying the giant's heart with them.

"'If you should find it at all troublesome, just give it a little more
spider-juice directly,' said the grandfather, as they took their leave.

"Now, the giant had given an awful roar of pain, the moment they anointed
his heart, and had fallen down in a fit, in which he lay so long that all
the boys might have escaped if they had not been so fat. One did--and got
home in safety. For days the giant was unable to speak. The first words he
uttered were,

"'Oh, my heart! my heart!'

"'Your heart is safe enough, dear Thunderthump,' said his wife. 'Really a
man of your size ought not to be so nervous and apprehensive. I am ashamed
of you.'

"'You have no heart, Doodlem,' answered he. 'I assure you that this moment
mine is in the greatest danger. It has fallen into the hands of foes,
though who they are I cannot tell.'

"Here he fainted again; for Tricksey-Wee, finding the heart begin to swell
a little, had given it the least touch of spider-juice.