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The crowd agreed. Munia watched the proceedings
quietly. She wanted to speak, but was scared of being
punished for speaking up. Even if she spoke, who would
believe her? “Yes, all these years of aimless living has
made the giant dangerous,” said Munia’s father. “Today
it is a horse, tomorrow it may be our children…”
The headman spoke over the villagers’ angry shouts,
“Brothers, even though we are facing a giant, we have
the strength of numbers. So let us go out and finish
him!”
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