Chapter 4: The Giant

"A giant?!" Rey asked in alarm.

"A giant?!" Anakin asked in the same voice.

"A giant." Han said as he nodded his head.

"Bigger than forty men." Luke said.

"Wow." Anakin said.

"A giant that had the power to turn himself into anything, man or beast." Luke said.

"Wow." Rey said.

"It was the giant that kidnapped the princesses and brought ruin to Happy Valley." Luke explained.

"But why did the giant want to kidnap the princesses?" Rey asked.

"Because he was cruel and selfish." Luke explained. "He didn't care what happened to the valley. He just wanted someone to sing him to sleep and keep house for him."

"Couldn't he have just done it himself?" Anakin asked.

"You see son, when you're cruel and selfish, you don't like doing a lot of things for yourself." Han explained.

"Oh." Anakin said.

"Well anyway, back to the story." Luke said.

()()()()()

Just after learning about the giant, they heard a loud booming voice say...

"Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum! Fee fi fo fum!"

The giant, an ape-like being covered in black fur with huge ears arrived bouncing a large ball.

Fee fi fo fum!

Hee hi ho hum!

I'm a most amazing guy!

A most amazing guy am I!

Fee fi fo fum!

Hee hi ho hum!

I'm stuff I'm telling you,

For here's what I can do!

I can change myself into an elf.

Fly up high like a birdie.

I can disappear into atmosphere.

'Cause I know the magic wordies.

Fi fo fee foy!

Fee fee-fee fee.

"Fi-Fi?" The giant asked after a minute. "I don't know a Fi-Fi."

He thought for a moment.

"Fee fi fo fum." The giant said. "I smell..."

The three boys hid as Leia got close to the chest, and the giant grabbed a large pot and smiled.

"Pot roast!" The giant called out happily. "Chocolate pot roast. With pestachimo, with pestachi- with pista- With green gravy."

The giant then made himself a sandwich with some cheese Han was hiding behind, some lettuce Galen was hiding in, and a large chicken leg, which Luke ended up being put into. He then poured some pepper on the sandwich which caused Luke to sneeze and cause his head to poke out.

"Um... Hi." Luke said nervously before he rushed off.

"Oh no you don't!" The giant called out. "You can't get away from Gorax!"

Gorax then grabbed Luke.

"I've got you!" Gorax said as he didn't hear anything. "I think I got you."

Gorax then looked inside his fist.

"Yeah, I got you." Gorax said.

"Gorax..." Luke said with a smile as he gestured Gorax to look.

"What is it?" Gorax asked. "What is it?"

Gorax opened his hand as Luke walked on his life line.

"Ten, twenty, thirty, forty." Luke counted. "Boy what a lifeline."

"Well what's this here?" Gorax asked as he pointed at a spot on his lower palm.

"Oh, I can't believe it!" Luke said in mocked surprise.

"Is it bad?" Gorax asked.

"Well it says here that you can change yourself into anything." Luke said.

"Sure!" Gorax said with a wide smile. "You wanna see me? I can change myself into the darndest things! Go on, give me something to change into. Anything."

"Anything?" Luke asked.

Anything." Gorax answered. Luke then looked around and saw a flyswatter. This gave him an idea.

"Can you change into a fly?" Luke asked.

"A cute teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy house fly?" Gorax asked.

"That's it." Luke said. "A house fly."

"Ah, you don't want a fly." Gorax said. "How about a bunny with long pink ears?"

"Well of course if you can't do a fly then-" Luke said before Gorax conceded.

"Alright, a fly." Gorax said. "Why?"

"Well uh... Because." Luke said.

"Alright." Gorax said. "A teeny-weeny fly. With pink wings. Now for the magic wordies! Fee fi fo fum! Hee hi ho hum!"

While Gorax was doing this, Luke called Han and Galen out of hiding and prepared to use the flyswatter on the giant when he instead turned into a huge pink rabbit.

"You sure you don't want a pink bunny?" Gorax asked before he noticed what they were holding. "Hey, what is this?! You think you'd fool Gorax?!"

Gorax then grabbed the three, opened the chest, pulled out Mara, and dropped the boys in, but Luke managed to get out of the giants grasp unnoticed and hold onto the chest as it was put on a high up shelf.

Things looked pretty dark for the prisoners as Gorax locked the chest as Luke climbed up and prepared to try and get the key as Gorax dropped it in his pocket. Mara then smiled and began singing a soft soothing song to get Gorax to sleep.

In my favorite dreams,

Everyone is so delightful.

No one's mean or spiteful.

In my favorite dreams.

Mara then waved for Luke to move forward as Gorax got drowsy.

Yes, and in my favorite dreams,

There my heart can go romancing.

Dancing to a heavenly theme.

But there's something else I look forward to.

It's a secret, but here's a clue.

He's my favorite you-know-who.

He's the hero of my most favorite dreams.

Luke then took a threading needle and stuck it on the floor of the self. He then used a twine he'd brought with him to go slowly down to the giant to get the key to free his friends and escape with Mara and Leia.

As Gorax began to fall asleep, Luke landed on his shoulder and began to walk down.

"In his right breast pocket, you'll find the key." Mara sang, helping Luke out, and Luke nodded and began making his way to Gorax's right breast pocket. "The right breast pocket. Go carefully."

Mara then gasped when Luke fell in, but Luke was alright and was about to pull the key out when it got caught on a snuff box, so Luke had to give an almighty tug to free it, and that caused the whole thing of snuff to be released, and Luke let out a huge sneeze.

This woke Gorax up, and he yelled, "I'll smash- AHCHOO!"

Gorax then slammed his pocket and looked inside but no one was there.

"Huh." Gorax said. "Nightmare."

He then went back to sleep as Luke climbed back up the thread and made it to the shelf with the key, barely.

()()()()()

"He made it!" Galen called out from the chest as he watched the whole thing from the key hole.

"He did?" Han asked. "Great. Here he comes with the key."

"Let me have it, Luke!" Galen called out and accidentally got knocked in the mouth by the key.

Luke then freed the two.

()()()()()

Things looked bright for the six teenagers as they left with Mara and Leia, but Luke wasn't really to take chances. He tied Gorax's shoes together in case he woke up, which he did. Luke then finished tying the shoes and rushed off with his friends. While his friends rushed off to the beanstalk, Luke used a wine bottle cork to toss him to the beanstalk as his friends already managed to get there, and they were closely followed by Gorax. The six then hurried down the beanstalk as Han and Luke grabbed a saw and began cutting the beanstalk down as Galen moved the girls as far away as possible. As Gorax was halfway down, the beanstalk was finally cut in two, and Gorax fell, screaming his head off. He smashed into the ground leaving a large indent on the ground, killing himself in the process.

"Thank you." Mara said to the boys, but particularly to Luke.

"You were all very brave." Leia added.

So with the princesses' return, happiness returned to Happy Valley, and the spot where Gorax fell became a grassy hill that remained a preservation in honor of the three young heroes. Galen left to continue exploring the world while Han and Luke ended up staying and marrying Leia and Mara, and they all lived happily ever after.

()()()()()

Anakin cheered as he clapped his hands.

"Tell another one Daddy." Rey said eagerly.

"Sorry kiddo, but your mom will kill me if I don't put you to sleep." Luke said. "Alright hon?"

"Okay." Rey said as she went to sleep.

"Night night." Anakin said as Han and Luke left as Leia and Mara smiled and talked about their adventure together.

Gorax: Hey, has anyone seen a guy in black robes?

Me: No, I uh... (I pass out.)

Jenny: Doug! Doug speak to me!

Gorax: What's the matter with him? Something he ate?

Robert: No, he'll be okay. Good night Gorax.