Tom ThumbRelates a tiny boy's adventures in a horse's ear, a rabbit hole, a snail shell, a cow's throat, and a wolf's belly. |
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adventures amazed to hear asked his mother bank barn bigger bundle called candle carefully child clever cook cow's mouth cramped crawl cried dark dear drain drive eaten entrance escape father fetch follow the horse frightened going gold grew happened harness the horse head hear someone speak hear someone talking heard voices horse and cart horse's ear hungry inside the wolf jumped killed kitchen legs little chap looking lots loud louder loudly man's mind parson's house picked pocket pretended puzzled rabbit hole realised rough tracks safe and sound scythe searched sell shouted sing sleep somewhere soon Steady stomach Stop stretch struggled Suddenly sure tell There's thieves thought throw Thumb Tom called Tom pretended Tom shouted Tom Thumb Tom's took town wake warm whilst whisper wife woke woodsman young