you where you can never pick yourself up
again."

On came Antaeus, hopping and capering with
the scorching heat of his rage, and getting new
vigor wherewith to wreak his passion, every
time he hopped. But Hercules, you must un-
derstand, was wiser than this numskull of a
Giant, and had thought of a way to fight him,
huge, earth-born monster that he was, and
to conquer him too, in spite of all that his
Mother Earth could do for him. Watching Ms
opportunity, as the mad Giant made a rush
at him, Hercules caught him round the middle
with both hands, lifted him high into the air,
and held him aloft overhead.

Just imagine it, my dear little friends! What
a spectacle it must have been, to see this mon-
strous fellow sprawling in the air, face down-
ward, kicking out his long legs and wriggling
his whole vast body, like a baby when its father
holds it at arm's length towards the ceiling.

But the most wonderful thing was, that, as
soon as AntaBus was fairly off the earth, he
began to lose the vigor which he had gained
by touching it. Hercules very soon perceived

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