them in the world. They were constantly at
war with the cranes, and had always been so v
ever since the long-lived Giant could remember.
From time to time, very terrible battles had been
fought, in which sometimes the little men won
the victory, and sometimes the cranes. Accord-
ing to some historians, the Pvffmies used to 2:0
to the battle, mounted on the backs of ??ats and
rams; but such animals as these must have been
far too big for Pygmies to ride upon; so that, I
rather suppose, they rode on squirrelback, or rab-
bitback, or ratback, or perhaps got upon hedge-
hogs, whose prickly quills would be very terrible
to the enemy. However this might be, and
whatever creatures the Pygmies rode upon, I do
not doubt that they made a 'formidable appear-
ance, armed with sword and spear, and bow and
arrow, blowing their tiny trumpet, and shouting
their little war cry. They never failed to exhort
one another to fight bravely, and recollect that
the world had its eyes upon them; although, in
simple truth, the only spectator was the Giant
Antaeus, with his one, great, stupid eye, in the
middle of his forehead.

When the two armies joined battle, the crane??

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