Arthur Rackham

“ The cat, however, manages by a succession of clever tricks to make his master’s fortune. He gains for him the fine castle and vast estates that belonged to an ogre by the same device that Loge used to get the Ring of the Niblungs from Alberich. He calls at the castle and, by pretending to doubt the ogre’s magic powers, he induces him to change himself first into a lion and then into a mouse, whereupon he falls upon him and eats him up. ”

“ The monster took the knife, and thinking to follow Jack’s example with impunity, killed himself on the spot.” 14 JACK AND THE BEAN STALK Jack clambers down the beanstalk and chops it through with his axe; and the giant who is descending after him falls to the earth and is killed. 15 PUSS IN BOOTS Puss in Boots was the sole possession of a poor youth. ”