A new version of o fovourite Finn MocCool story ANCIENT IRISH LEGEND Finn, the Irish Giant, fights bullies. The Scottish Giant is a big bully. He's strong and mean. Finn and his wife make a very clever plan! OISÍtr¡ wCCnNN has written and illustrated many books for children, including the Mad Grandad FLYERS, WiredTeeth, The Poison Foaory and lhe Evil Hairdo. rsBN 978-1-84717-088-0 _m,llüxililililililililil Yf¡|ill{i( panda legends The Baby Ciant words ond pictures by Oisín McGonn cRowtNG uP wtrH >@sERlES Wi|I{jspandalegends PANDA books ore for young reoders moking their own woy through books. >@ panda legends COLLECT >G@f panda legends Go to the back for more! fl¡,. Thc Riddlc $x, p- rt¿¡ -J O'BRIEN SERIES FOR YOUNG READERS yffi@Ñ|Pandacubs >@l Pandas )dE[{|$pandalegends wffHyers Con YOU spot the sword hidden in the story? The Baby Gianr Words ond pictures . Oisín McGonn . 1.lñ \Jt-l ñ L'/ THE O'BRIEN PRESS DUBLIN ry**oo For MiIo First pubüshed 2009 by The O'Brien Press Ltd, 12 Terenure Road East, Rathgar, Dublin 6, heland. Tet +353 1 4923333;Fax: +353 1 49227n E-mail: books@obrien.ie; Website: www.obrien.ie Copyright for text @ Oisín McGann 2009 Copyright for illustrations, layou! editing and design @ The O'Brien Press Ltd ISBN: 978-1-84717-088-0 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any way or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording orby any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data McGann, Oisin The baby giant. - (Panda Legends series) 1. Children's stories I. Title 823.9',241 "*'¡n"r, press receives assistance lrom rw rl 1234567 09r0il12t3 rb 89r0 t4 15 r@ I t ^1;& Typesetting, layout editing design: The O'Brien Press Ltd Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group Mony yeors o9o, there wos o giont colled Finn MacGoof. 6 t He wqs hoppy _ ond hoiry - ond wos the biggest, strongest giont in lrelond. 7 Finn spent most of his time fighting bullies. But he wos o friendly mon. He wos tired of fighting. I One doy, 'I need o he said holidoy. to his wife, t 'Greot!' she soid. 'I'd love to go to Scotland. But, you know, I don't like going on boots., 9 co9d l0 ll His wife's nome wos Úno. She wosn't scored of much, but she wos scored of the seo. 'Don't you worr/,' Finn told her. 'l'll build o bridge for you.' So Finn went down to the seoside. He storted digging rOCkS out of the cliffs ond iomming them into the ground in front of him. i r-T 'ct €. 12 13 gcE# qáL :*:A-¡= ^ /\-\-_ Soon, they reoched for out into the seo like o bridge. Finn worked for o week. He built o bridge of stones oll the woy to Scotlond. Then he wolked qll the wqy bock to Irelond ocross his bridge. V t\ .y ry -a' 7'"-q-:) lt I H . \__ l\ When he got home, Finn wos vet!, very tired. He put on ond went his pyjomos stroight to bed. ró 17 'I'm going to sleep, Úno!' he cqlled to his wife. 'I'm oll worn out!' [...]... stonesin it.) 47 Finn took out his soother ond poppedthe bun into his mouth He ote it in one big bite But when the giont bit into his bun, it broke his tooth 48 'Ouch! Ooh! Eeeh!' screomed Scottish the Giant 'These hord buns!' ore 'Are they?'Úno soid 'Well ,the baby loves them.' 49 Shegove Finn onotherbun (Finn'sbun hod no stonesin it.) He chompedit down eosily 'Ouch!' the giont soid, os he broke somemore... - J a, Finn grobbedhis soother ond put it bock in his mouth 56 57 ,ñ!t The giant stored ot the huge thing in the cot If this wctsFinn MocCool's 'Da-dá!' soidFinn' baby, whot kind of monster wos Finn MocCool? .*< $.g t/'-t-J í) \7 58 * E * 59 He turned ond ron for the door He ron down to the seoside ond ocross stonebridge the Then he ron oll the woy bock to Scotlond Giont The Scottish did nOt wont... teddybeorson them l:::j !:iÑ; 1.-,::1_ Herspecial buhs were boking in the oven 38 39 Their housebegon to shoke Giont os the Scottish wolked towordsit f 3 gQr Now he looked like o huge baby t' ' Hestuck big soother o {_, Úno finishedthe pyiomosond bonnet ond Finn quickly Put them on 40 in his mouth ond climbed into the cot He pulled o blonket over himself ond loy still 41 The ScottishGiont open the door... like these?' Úno govethe giont bun o second (Thisone hod stones it too.) in 50 5l The giont stooduP He stompedover to the cot to geto closer look ot this bobY He Ieonedover the sideof the cot 'How con this be Finn MocCool's babyZ' he osked 'Lookhow big fre is!' ond storeddown ot the big bodY under the blonket 'Yes! And he'sonly two years old,' Úno told him 'lsn't he lovely?' 53 ,Ga-g?,' soidFinn bock the. .. oway qnd didn't evenheor her 22 The next mornifrg, the soundwos louder Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! 23 Finn wos still fost asleep, so Únq went up to the top of the cliffs on her own f /ú ¿V e*t xv Shelookedout over the seo For out on the stonebridge, úno sowo gigantic man wolking towordsIrelond 24 25 Booml BoomI The booming wos the sound of his feet hitting the stones Booml Booffrl Boom!... 'Oh, he'sout The ScottishGiont sharks cotching with his teeth,' grunted ond then nodded Úno replied 'He'll be bock in o few minutes Would you like o bun while you woit?' I / I I 44 45 Úno openedthe oven ond took out the troY of buns' But thesewere not normol buns Únohod put stones in someof them Shegove o bun to the giont (It hod stonesin it.) Shegove o bun to Finn who wos still hidden under the blonket... 'Don't you wot\,' Úno soid to him 'We'll think of something., d i They thought hord for o while and of lost they come up with o pfan 'We'll hove to be quick,' soid Finn 32 33 The booming got louder The ScottishGiont's feet cruncheddown on the Irish seoside The ground shook 'I'll go ond moke the speciol buns,' Úno told him 'You moke the boby'scot.' 34 BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 35 .I'['HERES FINN MICGOOL?'... old,' Úno told him 'lsn't he lovely?' 53 ,Ga-g?,' soidFinn bock the The giont PuIIed blonketond stored' He jumped uP He wos still dressed in his teddy-beorPYiomos qnd his big bonnet He pluckedthe soother out of Finn's mouth' 'Ga'gá!' Finn growled' He openedhis mouth wide ond b¡t the giont on the hond 55 'But he's only being friendly,' fmHlt the screomed giont' 'Thot bobY neorlY bit mY hond off!' \ l/- soid... hove o picnic on the new bridge on our woy to Scotlond You hove o nice sleep, now, ond I'll woke you up in the morning.' r9 Úno stoyedup lote, moking o huge mountoin of sondwiches As shewos going to bed, Úno heord o booming sound coming from for ocross seo the 6D g, Boom!Boom!Boom! 20 21 Shethought it wos iust the noiseof the woves Sheshookher heod ond went upstoirs 'Terriblestorm out there!' shesoid... =-e-lri j- ftr¿:f smashed uP Heeven the bridge behind him so thqt Finn could not follow him ,t''\ But Finn did not wont to follow him Finn ond úno decidedto stoy ot home for their holidoys 4 4 lal -,* 62 -4 { \ ó3 I UP JGROWTNG WtrH >ru'sERtEs I They hod o picnic down of the seoside ond dronk opple iuice ond ote buns u E='Fü.! Sitl ffilt r Mess! q\ c*l¡ !_ry Sineod the Doncer qilr,¡nd* Gro rny Mokes . spot the sword hidden in the story? The Baby Gianr Words ond pictures . Oisín McGonn . 1.lñ Jt-l ñ L'/ THE O'BRIEN PRESS DUBLIN ry**oo For MiIo First pubüshed 2009 by The. out over the seo. For out on the stone bridge, úno sow o gigantic man wolking towords Irelond. e*t ¿V .xv /ú f 24 25 The booming wos the sound of his feet hitting the stones. BOOM!. buns,' Úno told him. 'You moke the boby's cot.' 34 The booming got louder. The Scottish Giont's feet crunched down on the Irish seoside. The ground shook. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 35 .I'['HERES FINN