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A peasant couple lamented that they had no children. Then one day, the wife declared, ''Even if I were to bear a child not bigger than a thumb, we would love it with all our hearts.'' Her wish was granted and, Because the boy was no bigger than a thumb, they called him Tom Thumb. Even as he grew older the little boy remained very tiny, but he was bright and alert.

One day. Tom thumb went to the forest to help his father to cut down some trees. He asked if he may drive the horse and cart about while his father worked. His father agreed, and Tom was thrilled. He climbed up on the horse and sat inside its ear, ready to give it directions. Two strangers, Who were passing, were amazed to see a horse and cart moving along without a driver. They decided to follow the cart. Tom Thumb returned to the wood and shouted to his father, ''Here I am. Will you help me down?'' the two spectators were amazed at the scene and agreed with each other that if they were to exhibit this tiny creature in the city it might make the rich. They went to see Tom Thumb's father and offered to buy his son. The father refused to hand over his beloved son, but Tom Thumb urged him to accept.

He told his father, ''Don't worry, I shall find my way home. '' So Tom Thumb left with the men. That evening, at the inn, he slipped down to the floor and disappeared into a mouse hole where he could not be seen by the two men. Night fell and Tom Thumb was just wondering where he might find a place to sleep when he saw an empty snail shell. He climbed inside and while he was there he heard his two owners whispering together. They were trying to work out how to steal money from the local priest. Tom Thumb shouted to them from inside the snail shell, ''Take me with you and I'll help you. ''The two men agreed. After all, they had not earned any money from the little boy so far.

And so they made their way to the priest's house. Tom Thumb slipped inside the house and shouted to them in a loud voice, ''Do you want to take everything that is in here?'' The two thieves were frightened and begged him to speak more quietly, but Tom Thumb began to shout again as loudly as he could. The priest's housekeeper heard the voice and got out of bed to see what was happening. Hearing a noise, the two men ran off as fast as their legs would carry them, while the little boy hid in the barn. The housekeeper thought she must have been dreaming because she saw no one at all, and went back to bed after snuffing out her candle.

Exhausted, Tom Thumb fell asleep in the hay and did not even wake up when the housekeeper came in to feed the cow in the early hours of the morning. The woman happened to pick up the very bunch of hay on which the little boy was sleeping. He awoke horrified to find himself inside the mouth of the cow. But he was careful to avoid being ground by the animal's teeth and slid down into its stomach. It was very dark in there and he shouted out, ''Don't send any more hey down here. '' The housekeeper, who tending the cow, recognized the voice she had heard the previous night and ran to tell the priest that the cow was speaking. At first the priest thought she was mad, but then he too heard Tom Thumb's voice. Believing the animal to be bewitched, the priest ordered it to be killed, and thrown on a scrap heap.

A hungry wolf passing by swallowed the cow in a single mouthful. Brave as ever, Tom Thumb did not give up hope, but shouted to the wolf from deep in his stomach, ''Dear wolf, I know where you can get a good meal. ''The wolf listened with interest to Tom Thumb as he described how to find his father's house, where the wolf would be able to eat all the stored provisions. The next night, the wolf erupt into Tom Thumb's home and ate so much that his belly dragged along the ground. He was so full that he could not move and so fat that he could not squeeze through the doorway.

Tom Thumb then began to jump about and shout loudly. ''Be quiet, you'll wake everyone up,'' begged the frightened wolf. But Tom thumb replied that if the wolf had enjoyed himself so much, he also had the right to have fun, and he continued making a terrible din. The noise finally woke his parents and they came to the storeroom, where they looked in through a crack in the door.

Seeing the wolf, Tom Thumb's parents ran to fetch weapons. His father took an axe and his mother a scythe.

The father said to his wife I'll hit him first and if that doesn't kill him you can finish him off with scythe. Hearing his father's voice Tom, Thumb cried out, Father I am in the wolf's stomach!''

So he hit wolf on the head and the animal fell down dead. Then his parents found the scissors and very carefully opened the animal's stomach. Tom Thumb threw himself into their arms and thankfully breathed in gulps of fresh air.

But where did you go? they asked him with great curiosity.

I had lots of adventures but I'm so happy that I'm home again!''