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    The History of Tom Thumb to which are added the stories of the Cat and the Mouse and Fire! Fire! Burn stick!
    The History of Tom Thumb to which are added the stories of the Cat and the Mouse and Fire! Fire! Burn stick!
    The History of Tom Thumb to which are added the stories of the Cat and the Mouse and Fire! Fire! Burn stick!
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    The History of Tom Thumb to which are added the stories of the Cat and the Mouse and Fire! Fire! Burn stick!

    By Henry Altemus

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The History of Tom Thumb to which are added the stories of the Cat and the Mouse and Fire! Fire! Burn stick! - Henry Altemus

      Project Gutenberg's The History of Tom Thumb, and Others, by Anonymous

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The History of Tom Thumb, and Others

      Author: Anonymous

      Editor: Henry Altemus

      Release Date: November 17, 2008 [EBook #1988]

      Last Updated: January 15, 2013

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF TOM THUMB ***

      Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger

      THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB

      To which are added

      THE STORIES OF THE CAT AND THE MOUSE

      and

      FIRE! FIRE! BURN STICK!

      Edited by Henry Altemus

      Contents

      THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB

      It is said that in the days of the famed Prince Arthur, who was king of Britain, in the year 516, there lived a great magician, called Merlin, the most learned and skilful enchanter in the world at that time.

      This great magician, who could assume any form he pleased, was travelling in the disguise of a poor beggar, and being very much fatigued, he stopped at the cottage of an honest ploughman to rest himself, and asked for some refreshment.

      The countryman gave him a hearty welcome, and his wife, who was a very good-hearted, hospital woman, soon brought him some milk in a wooden bowl, an some coarse brown bread on a platter.

      Merlin was much pleased with this homely repast and the kindness of the ploughman and his wife; but he could not help seeing that though everything was neat and comfortable in the cottage, they seemed both be sad and much cast down. He therefore questioned them on the cause of their sadness, and learned they were miserable because they had no children.

      The poor woman declared, with tears in her eyes, that she should be the happiest creature in the world if she had a son; and although he was no bigger than her husband's

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