midday
`` I must be the strongest man in all the world ! '' thought the charcoal-burner , as he proudly resumed his way , `` for Choggenmugger has been the terror of Regos since the world began , and I alone have been able to destroy the beast . Yet it is singular that never before did I discover how powerful a man I am . '' He met no further adventure and at midday reached a little clearing in the forest where stood his humble cabin . `` Great news ! I have great news for you , '' he shouted , as his wife and little daughter came to greet him . `` King Gos has been conquered by a boy Prince from the far island of Pingaree , and I have this day -- unaided -- destroyed Choggenmugger by the might of my strong arm . ''