der," she said.

Angelita was very happy to be taken out of the little attic room, and
set out for a walk with the old negro with a light heart. They walked
through the city streets and out into the open country. Soon they had
reached the deep jungle. "Where are we going?" the girl asked in
surprise.

"We are taking a walk for our health, _yayazinha_," replied the old
negro.

Soon they were so far in the jungle that the path was entirely
overgrown. No ray of light penetrated through the deep foliage.
Angelita became frightened. "I'll not go another step if you do not
tell me where you are taking me," she said as she stamped her little
foot upon the ground.

The old negro burst into tears and told Angelita all that her
step-mother had commanded. "I could not hurt one hair of your lovely
head, much less cut off the tip of your little tongue, _yayazinha_,"
sobbed the old man.

Angelita stood still and thought. "Go back to my step-mother," she
said to the old man. "On the way you will see plenty of dogs. Cut off
the tip of a little dog's tongue and carry it home to my step-mother."

This is what the old negro did. The step-mother believed him and
thought that he had slain her step-daughter according to her command.

Angelita, in the meantime, wandered on and on through the jungle. The
big snakes glided swiftly out of her path. The monkeys and the parrots
chattered to keep her from being lonely. She wandered on and on until
finally she came to an enormous palace. The front door was wide open.
She went from room to room, but the palace was entirely deserted.
There was not a neat, orderly room in the entire palace.

"I can make these lovely rooms neat and clean," said Angelita. "They
surely need some one to do it!" She found a broom and went to work at
once. Soon the whole palace was in order once more. Everything was
clean and bright.

Just as Angelita was finishing her task she heard a great noise. She
looked out of the door, and there were three enormous giants entering
the house. She had never dreamed that giants could be so big. She was
frightened nearly to death and scrambled under a chair as fast as she
could.

When the giants came into the house they were amazed to find
everything in such splendid order. "This is a different looking place
from what we left," said the biggest giant.

"What dirty, disorderly giants we have been, living here all by
ourselves," said the middle-sized giant. "I just realize it