The Giant-Slayer
“He didn’t have a beard like the others, nor a voice that was old and manly. His ears were too big; he had longer legs, so he didn’t run in the staggering way of a gnome. But most obvious of all, Jimmy couldn’t dig and chisel like a gnome. As a miner, he was useless.
To the Hooligan guards, Jimmy was “that big one,” which pleased him, or “that funny-looking one,” which didn’t. They knew he was a lingo, but they treated him like a fool. “Diggy here!” they said, thrusting a shovel in his hand.... “Diggy, diggy! You savvy?”
When they saw what a poor miner he was, the guards made Jimmy “boss gnome” and put him in charge of the woodcutting party. They taught him how to drive the wagon with its team of four horses, and every morning Jimmy headed off across the mountainside, instead of down into the mine. A Hooligan guard was always with him, a slathering dog in hand.
Jimmy drove the wagon back and forth.MoreLess
To the Hooligan guards, Jimmy was “that big one,” which pleased him, or “that funny-looking one,” which didn’t. They knew he was a lingo, but they treated him like a fool. “Diggy here!” they said, thrusting a shovel in his hand.... “Diggy, diggy! You savvy?”
When they saw what a poor miner he was, the guards made Jimmy “boss gnome” and put him in charge of the woodcutting party. They taught him how to drive the wagon with its team of four horses, and every morning Jimmy headed off across the mountainside, instead of down into the mine. A Hooligan guard was always with him, a slathering dog in hand.
Jimmy drove the wagon back and forth.MoreLess
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