"That sounds splendidly!" cried little Lorilla.
The giant looked bewildered. He could not understand, at all, what the prince was talking about. But when Nassime explained
"THE GIANT LOOKED BEWILDERED."
it all to him, he said he would like very well to be head general of the army, and he accepted the position.
Rising to his feet, the giant offered to carry the prince on his arm, so that they could get along faster, and in this way they traveled, all discussing, with much zest, the scheme of the new kingdom.
About noon, they began to be hungry, and so they sat down in a shady place, the giant having said that he had something to eat in a bag which he carried at his side. He opened this bag, and spread out half a dozen enormous loaves of bread, two joints of roast meat, a boiled ham, and about a bushel of roasted potatoes.
"Is that the food for your whole army?" asked Lorilla.
