The Giant

There was a Giant that was so tall he had a planet under each foot. He was so tall that he needed a year to lie when we wanted to sleep, and another one to rise when he was done.

In fact, he didn’t really rest, he was so tall! Nothing was enough for him to feed, nothing was as big as him. He didn’t have a proper bed, he could just tie a giant rope between two stars to place his hammock.

But the greatest mystery was his smile: it could be seen from one end of the sky to the other. The giant smiled to the Earth, and Earth shined thanks to that smile. But despite that, the Earth never smiled back.

The Giant could have sat on Earth, or swept it with a pinch. But he just smiled, forgetting his tremendous hunger and his fatigue. Why, you ask? Because he’s the Giant, and that’s what the Giant does.