The Stranger Man, and He Was a Tower-Us, Don't Say Anything

The stranger man, a genuine tower-us, sat down on the grass and Tafi showed him what her daddy was doing. The stranger man thought, this is a very wonderful child. She must be the daughter of that noble chief who was so grey that he won't take any notice of me. So he smiled more politely than ever. Now I want you to go to my mummy, because your legs are longer than mine, and ask her daddy's other spear, the one with the black handle that hangs over our fireplace. He got up and twisted a big flat piece of bark off a birch tree, and gave it to Tafi. But Tafi didn't quite understand.