the giant by sara campos-silvius

​There is a giant 10 feet tall
Hair like a briar patch
Teeth the size of mayonnaise jars
Toenails so long they gouge lines in the sidewalk
 
She searches for a nail clipper
Big enough to clip her toenails
 
They’re so long that she trips everywhere she goes--
And you don’t want a tripping giant around!
So the people of the village send a gardener with hedge clippers--
But the hedge clippers will not do!
The people of the village send a soldier with a sword--
But the sword will not do!
Finally the people of the village tell her to dangle her toes in the river —just so--
And the Great Fish will swim up and chomp her nails, mistaking them for something tasty
 
And now the giant has no feet
And she is very angry.