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Were There Giants?

Yes, one!

WHO?

Tampo!

Sifting meticulously through recollections from his youth the writer was able to recall one man that enjoyed the status of "giant." "Enjoyed" is used rhetorically, for Tampo certainly did not solicit, much less abuse, any special dispensations that came with the distinction. He may in fact have been totally oblivious to them.

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