Word: carolinda
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...Carolinda Clatter! By Mordicai Gerstein...
...earth's last giant, who, exhausted by his unrequited love for the moon, falls asleep and over the centuries becomes a mountain. In a town (Pupickton--from the Yiddish for belly button) built on his belly, the residents live in fear of waking him, until one day rambunctious little Carolinda does so. Sent to placate him, she sings a lullaby that soothes him into eternal sleep, after which her gift fosters a tradition of singing that makes the town famous. Gerstein's story lacks only one thing: an enterprising composer who can turn it into an opera...