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The Heartless Giant

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5
Page count: 15
Categories: Fantasy, Folk Tale

Author

Anthony
Minghella

Appeared in

Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Story Summary

The heartless giant imprisoned in the King's dungeon pretends to befriend the King's son in order to win his release. When the son realizes the horrors he has unleashed in freeing the giant, he decides that it is his duty to set things to rights.