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    The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories.
    The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories.
    The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories.
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    The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories.

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    Release dateOct 1, 2011
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    The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories. - Archive Classics

    Project Gutenberg's The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories., by Anonymous

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

    almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

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    Title: The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories.

    Author: Anonymous

    Release Date: February 15, 2004 [EBook #11092]

    Language: English

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

    Produced by The Internet Archive Children's Library, David

    Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

    TOM THUMB

    THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB

    AND OTHER STORIES

    Profusely Illustrated

    THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB

    In the days of King Arthur, Merlin, the famous enchanter, was out on a journey, and stopped one day at the cottage of an honest ploughman to ask for refreshment. The ploughman's wife brought him some milk in a wooden bowl, and some brown bread on a wooden platter.

    Merlin could not help observing that, although everything within the cottage was particularly neat and in good order, the ploughman and his wife had the most sorrowful air, so he questioned them about the cause of their distress, and learned that they were miserable because they had no children. The poor woman declared that she would be the happiest creature in the world if she had but a son,

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