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 beamed genially down on her. "You chew her, yes? Put her in the mouth, so. That is it!"

Prue obediently placed one of the pieces between her lips and strove to smile her appreciation. The giant watched delightedly for a moment and then donned his cap and buttoned his jacket.

"Now," he announced, "I go get me my supper. Me, I ver' hungry little boy." He laughed at his joke, glanced at his bundles, bowed impressively to Prue and, with a final display of teeth, went out. She gave a sigh of relief and looked dubiously at the spruce gum.

"It was very silly of me," she thought, "to be frightened. But I didn't know that he was out there." She looked again at the window, but the white blur was gone. She sighed. Then she dropped the spruce gum in a pocket of her coat. And at that moment the door opened again.

This time it was Wade who entered. Inside the door he shook the snow from