This choice: Seeing you, the giant crouches down.. and takes an unwanted interest you three! • Go Back...Chapter #4Seeing you, the giant crouches down.. and takes... by: Relate   "Wonder how tough these buildings are at this size..." remarks the giant teenager who was a moment ago inspecting his shoe. He doesn't appear to notice you -- in contrast to him you are surely no bigger than a termite. However, that provides you no guarantee of safety. This fact is made evident when the giant, curiously looking down at your house, slowly lifts his foot into the air, (even this motion causing the ground to shift slightly) and deliberately hovers it high above the roof of your house. A cool shadow envelops your entire backyard and several nearby houses as the blue sky is partially blotted out by the edge of the teenager's monstrous foot.
"Wait!!!" you shout. Panicking, you frantically wave both of your arms back and forth in the air over your head to try and get this giant's attention, praying he will see you and realize that he is about to crush not only your house, but you and your friends like bugs. For a moment the colossal teen, expressionless, looks down, his foot still in the air. Then, he squints his eyes slightly. He sees you..!
"Hey.. look at this little guy waving up at me." Miraculously, he inches his foot back and brings it down just short of your own house, instead flattening a wooded area next to your house. Jake and Eric are now standing next to you in the yard, having fled from under the porch when they saw the giant was about to "test" how tough your house was with his foot.
"Hehe, I was a second away from squashing you like a bug, little guy. You're lucky I noticed you guys. The giant teen's playful remark is followed by him crouching down to the ground, like a researcher examining an insect colony.
You shout out to the teen's looming visage above you: "We're not bugs!" The giant, appearing not to hear you or even notice that you're speaking, lifts his arm and extends it forward and down into your direction, no doubt intending to pick you up and examine you. Not willing to be handled by the teen, you quickly duck in the grass. "RUN!" you hear Eric shout as he quickly darts backward and sprints in the opposite direction. Having tightly shut your eyes out of fear, you are surprised when you hear him exclaim "NOOOO!!" Then, his voice trails off as if he was becoming farther away. You open your eyes and find Jake in the grass next to you. "He's got Eric!" Jake's exclamation is confirmed when you look back toward the crouching teenager who indeed has Eric pinched between two fingers and is dangling his flailing little form in front of his face, his eyes wide and mouth ajar from awe and wonder.
"Man.. I can't believe how puny these people are compared to us. We really are giants here. This is so cool." Still crouching, he unceremoniously dangles Eric slightly from side to side. You wish you could do something for Eric, but what could you possibly do? You're impossibly outsized.
One of the other giant teens strides over and looks down over his friend's shoulder. "Yeah, we're giants all right. And do you know what giants do for fun?" His question hangs in the air for a moment before his friend responds.
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