's wife was nearly as enormous as he
was, and their only child was as tall as her mother. Her name was
Guimara.

When the giant saw D. Joao he called out, "O, little man, what are you
doing down there?" D. Joao narrated his adventures to the giant, and
the giant said, "Your story of your wanderings interests me. It is not
often that little men like you pass this way. If you like you may live
in my palace and be my servant." D. Joao accepted the giant's offer
and stayed at the palace.

The giant's daughter Guimara was very much pleased with D. Joao. He
was the first little man she had ever seen. She fell deeply in love
with him. Her father, however, was very much disgusted at her lack of
good taste. He preferred to have a giant for a son-in-law. Accordingly
he thought of a plot to get D. Joao into trouble.

[Illustration: The giant's daughter, Guimara was very much pleased
with D. Joao]

The next day he sent for D. Joao to appear before him. "O little man,"
he said to him, "they tell me that you are very proud of yourself and
that you are boasting among my servants that you are able to tear down
my palace in a single night and set it up again as quickly as you tore
it down."

"I never have made any such boast, your majesty," replied D. Joao.

He went to Guimara and told her about it. "I am an enchantress," said
Guimara. "Leave it to me and we will surprise my father."

The very next night Guimara and D. Joao tore down the giant's palace
and set it up again exactly as it was before. The giant was greatly
surprised. He suspected that his daughter had meddled with the affair.

The next day he sent for D. Joao and said to him, "O little man, they
tell me that you say that in a single night you are able to change the
Isle of Wild Beasts into a beautiful garden full of all sorts of
flowers and with a silvery fountain in the centre."

"I never said any such thing, your majesty," replied D. Joao.

He told Guimara about it and she said that it would be great fun to
escape from her room that night and make over the Isle of the Wild
Beasts into a lovely garden.

Accordingly Guimara worked hard all night long helping D. Joao to make
the Isle of the Wild Beasts over into a garden full of all sorts of
beautiful flowers and with a silvery fountain in the centre. The king
was greatly surprised to see the garden in the morning and he was very
angry at Guimara and D. Joao.

Guimara was so frightened at her father's terrible