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“Yes,” said the giant as he put his head in his hands and started crying again.

“What happened to all the rest of you?”

The giant’s head snapped towards her with such anger that Bonnie nearly fell
off his shoulder. He yelled, loudly and quickly, “They all DIED!”

For a full five minutes the giant glared at Bonnie, freezing her in place. Then
he turned away and, once again, started crying. Bonnie took this opportunity
to run away. Down the mountain.

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Let’s hurry down before her and see what’s happening at the lake.

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There is an old, wise man with a long white beard (of course) who watches the
lake to make sure no one is spending too much time bathing in it or dropping
garbage in it or, though I hate to say it, peeing in it. He also answers people’s
questions about the lake and, in fact, about anything else they might want to
know.