Yet ... what was that unnerving crack?

From "In Search of the Hidden Giant", written by Jeanne Willis, with illustrations by Ruth Brown.

 

Andersen Press, London, 1993

 

"Yet ... what was that unnerving crack?

Is someone there behind my back?

Stand still ... I think we'd better check.

OH! Something's breathing down my neck.

Let's walk a little faster, please,

Don't tell me it was just the breeze.

We've woken him! Our noisy boots

Sent shudders down his giant's roots."

Done