A good-hearted young giant heard tell of a blacksmith who was very miserly and the treated his workers very unjustly, so he went along to the workshop and asked to be taken on as an apprentice.
The blacksmith thought that such a big strong lad could probably do the work of a dozen others. He was tempted to take him on, but he wanted to know how much money he would have to pay him.
'Just give me a little something for each hammer blow,' replied the giant.
Thinking of the money he would not have to pay the others, the mean blacksmith agreed. He put his new apprentice to work in the forge, but with the first hammer blow, the anvil sank so far into the ground that it could not be pulled back out. The blacksmith realised that he had made a good bargain. He asked the giant to leave before he destroyed everything.
'How much do I owe you for that single blow?' he asked the giant.
'Not much,' answered the young giant. 'Just this....' And he gave the blacksmith a kick that sent him flying over the rooftops.
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