A man sits on his porch and plays the banjo watching Edward walk through the town, when a man comes out of a building and asks for Edward's name, before identifying it on a sign-in sheet of some kind, as if his arrival was anticipated. At one end a line is strung up with shoes hanging from it. Eventually, he reaches a clearing, where he sees a small pristine village. He manages to get away and finds a sign on the ground that reads, "Warning, Jumping Spiders." Smiling, he keeps walking through the forest, running through large spider webs and throwing giant spiders off his body as he goes. When he picks up a rock and throws it at the crow, he accidentally hits a beehive and a swarm of bees begin flying at him. Edward wanders through a misty forest, and at one point, a crow steals his hat. To reassure him, Edward gives him his pack to carry while they are apart. She whispers in his ear, "The biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught." He smiles and continues on his way with Karl.Ī little ways out of town, Edward tells Karl that they ought to go in separate directions, but Karl is suspicious that Edward wants to be getting rid of him. Suddenly, he sees the witch sitting beside the parade, and goes over to talk to her. Edward and Karl leave town, accompanied by a parade, and everyone in the town yells advice to Edward as he goes. "You think this town is too small for you?" the giant asks, to which Edward responds, "Well, it's too small for a man of my ambition." The giant, who introduces himself as Karl, agrees to leave the town with Edward.Īfter giving him a haircut and cleaning him up a bit, Edward brings Karl into town, where Edward is awarded with a key to the city to commemorate his brave act. Edward admits that he does want the giant to leave, but he tells him that he wants to leave as well. The giant is intrigued, but also suspicious that Edward is just trying to get him to leave the town. Edward encourages the giant to try going to a city, where maybe he won't feel so big and out of place.
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