Higher and higher climbed Dandy and Prance , the ponies ; and gayer and gayer grew Daisy and Wee , as the fresh air blew over them , and the morning-red glowed on their faces . When they reached the top , they sat on a tall stone , and looked down into the valley on either side . `` This seems like a place to find giants , not fairies , it is so high and big and splendid up here , '' said Daisy , as her eye roamed over river , forest , town , and hill . `` There are giants here ; and I brought you up to see them , '' answered Wee . `` Mercy , me ! where are they ? '' cried Daisy , looking very curious and rather frightened . `` There is one of them . '' And Wee pointed to the waterfall that went dashing and foaming down into the valley . `` That giant turns the wheels of all the mills you see . Some of them grind grain for our bread , some help to spin cloth for our clothes , some make paper , and others saw trees into boards . That is a beautiful and busy giant , Daisy . '' `` So it is , and some day we 'll go and see it work . Show me the others : I like your giants ` most as well as those in the fairy-books . '' `` On this side you 'll see another , called Steam . He is a very strong fellow ; for , with the help of gunpowder , he will break the granite mountain in pieces , and carry it away . He works in the other mills , and takes heavy loads of stone , cloth , paper , and wood all over the country . Then , on the right of us is a third giant , called Electricity . He runs along those wires , and carries messages from one end of the world to the other . He goes under the sea and through the air ; he brings news to every one ; runs day and night , yet never tires ; and often helps sick people with his lively magic . ''
`` I like him best , I think ; for he is more like a real , wonderful XXXXX .
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