This is the 50th anniversary edition Of Tolkien's best-loved short fairy story, originally told to his children in the 1920s and expanded for publication in 1949. Bluff farmer giles lives in a land-of-fable England, full...This is the 50th anniversary edition Of Tolkien's best-loved short fairy story, originally told to his children in the 1920s and expanded for publication in 1949. Bluff farmer giles lives in a land-of-fable England, full of giants and dragons. A reluctant hero like the brave little tailor or bilbo in, giles wins a great reputation by firing his blunderbuss at a wandering giant--who retreats not in fear but to avoid this tiresome stinging "Insect".