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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +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 + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF TOM THUMB *** + + + + +Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB + </h1> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h2> + To which are added <br /><br /> THE STORIES OF THE CAT AND THE MOUSE <br /> + and <br /> FIRE! FIRE! BURN STICK! + </h2> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h2> + Edited by Henry Altemus + </h2> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <h3> + Contents + </h3> + <table summary="" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto"> + <tr> + <td> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> THE CAT AND THE MOUSE </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> FIRE! FIRE! BURN STICK! </a> + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <h2> + THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB + </h2> + <p> + 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. + </p> + <p> + 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. + </p> + <p> + 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. + </p> + <p> + 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. + </p> + <p> + 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 thumb, she would be satisfied. + </p> + <p> + Merlin was so much amused with the idea of a boy no bigger than a man's + thumb, that he made up his mind to pay a visit to the queen of the + fairies, and ask her to grant the poor woman's wish. The droll fancy of + such a little person among the human race pleased the fairy queen too, + greatly, and she promised Merlin that the wish should be granted. + Accordingly, a short time after, the ploughman's wife had a son, who, + wonderful to relate! was not bigger than his father's thumb. + </p> + <p> + The fairy queen, wishing to see the little fellow thus born into the + world, came in at the window while the mother was sitting up in bed + admiring him. The queen kissed the child, and, giving it the name of Tom + Thumb, sent for some of the fairies, who dressed her little favorite as + she bade them. + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + "An oak-leaf hat he had for his crown; + His shirt of web by spiders spun; + With jacket wove of thistle's down; + His trowsers were of feathers done. + + His stockings, of apple-rind they tie + With eyelash from his mother's eye: + His shoes were made of mouse's skin + Tann'd with the downy hair within." +</pre> + <p> + It is remarkable that Tom never grew any larger than his father's thumb, + which was only of an ordinary size; but as he got older he became very + cunning and full of tricks. When he was old enough to play with the boys, + and had lost all his own cherry-stones, he used to creep into the bags of + his playfellows, fill his pockets, and, getting out unseen, would again + join in the game. + </p> + <p> + One day, however, as he was coming out of a bag of cherrystones, where he + had been pilfering as usual, the boy to whom it belonged chanced to see + him. "Ah, ha! my little Tommy," said the boy, "so I have caught you + stealing my cherrystones at last, and you shall be rewarded for your + thievish tricks." On saying this, he drew the string tight around his + neck, and gave the bag such a hearty shake, that poor little Tom's legs, + thighs, and body were sadly bruised. He roared out in pain, and begged to + be let out, promising never to be guilty of such bad practices again. + </p> + <p> + A short time afterwards his mother was making a batter-pudding, and Tom + being very anxious to see how it was made, climbed up to the edge of the + bowl; but unfortunately his foot slipped and he plumped over head and ears + into the batter, unseen by his mother, who stirred him into the + pudding-bag, and put him in the pot to boil. + </p> + <p> + The batter had filled Tom's mouth, and prevented him from crying; but, on + feeling the hot water, he kicked and struggled so much in the pot, that + his mother thought that the pudding was bewitched, and, instantly pulling + it out of the pot, she threw it to the door. A poor tinker, who was + passing by, lifted up the pudding, and, putting it into his budget, he + then walked off. As Tom had now got his mouth cleared of the batter, he + then began to cry aloud, which so frightened the tinker that he flung down + the pudding and ran away. The pudding being broke to pieces by the fall, + Tom crept out covered over with the batter, and with difficulty walked + home. His mother, who was very sorry to see her darling in such a woeful + state, put him into a tea-cup, and soon washed off the batter; after which + she kissed him, and laid him in bed. + </p> + <p> + Soon after the adventure of the pudding, Tom's mother went to milk her cow + in the meadow, and she took him along with her. As the wind was very high, + fearing lest he should be blown away, she tied him to a thistle with a + piece of fine thread. The cow soon saw the oak-leaf hat, and, liking the + look of it, took poor Tom and the thistle at one mouthful. While the cow + was chewing the thistle Tom was afraid of her great teeth, which + threatened to crush him in pieces, and he roared out as loud as he could: + </p> + <p> + "Mother, mother!" + </p> + <p> + "Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?" said his mother. + </p> + <p> + "Here, mother," replied he, "in the red cow's mouth." + </p> + <p> + His mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised at the + odd noise in her throat, opened her mouth and let Tom drop out. + Fortunately his mother caught him in her apron as he was falling to the + ground, or he would have been dreadfully hurt. She then put Tom in her + bosom and ran home with him. + </p> + <p> + Tom's father made him a whip of barley straw to drive the cattle with, and + having one day gone into the fields, he slipped a foot and rolled into the + furrow. A raven, which was flying over, picked him up and flew with him to + the top of a giant's castle that was near the seaside, and there left him. + </p> + <p> + Tom was in a dreadful state, and did not know what to do; but he was soon + more dreadfully frightened; for old Grumbo, the giant, came up to walk on + the terrace, and seeing Tom, he took him up and swallowed him like a pill. + </p> + <p> + The giant had no sooner swallowed Tom than he began to repent what he had + done; for Tom began to kick and jump about so much that he felt very + uncomfortable, and at last threw him up again into the sea. A large fish + swallowed Tom the moment he fell into the sea, which was soon after + caught, and bought for the table of King Arthur. When they opened the fish + in order to cook it, every on was astonished at finding such a little boy, + and Tom was quite delighted to be out again. They carried him to the king, + who made Tom his dwarf, and he soon grew a great favorite at court: for by + his tricks and gambols he not only amused the king and queen, but also all + the knights of the Round Table. + </p> + <p> + It is said that when the kind rode out on horseback he often took Tom + along with him, and if a shower came on he used to creep into his + majesty's waistcoat pocket, where he slept till the rain was over. + </p> + <p> + King Arthur one day asked Tom about his parents, wishing to know if they + were as small as he was, and whether rich or poor. Tom told the king that + his father and mother were as tall as any of the persons about the court, + but rather poor. On hearing this the king carried Tom to the treasure, the + place where he kept all his money, and told him to take as much money as + he could carry home to his parents, which made the poor little fellow + caper with joy. Tom went immediately to fetch a purse, which was made of a + water-bubble, and then returned to the treasury, where he got a silver + three-penny-piece to put into it. + </p> + <p> + Our little hero had some trouble in lifting the burden upon his back; but + he at last succeeded in getting it placed to his mind, and set forward on + his journey. However, without meeting with any accidents, and after + resting himself more than a hundred times by the way, in two days and two + nights he reached his father's house in safety. + </p> + <p> + Tom had travelled forty-eight hours with a huge silver-piece on his back, + and was almost tired to death, when his mother ran out to meet him, and + carried him into the house. + </p> + <p> + Tom's parents were both happy to see him, and the more so as he had + brought such an amazing sum of money with him; but the poor little fellow + was excessively wearied, having travelled half a mile in forty-eight + hours, with a huge silver three-penny-piece on his back. His mother, in + order to recover him, placed him in a walnut shell by the fireside, and + feasted him for three days on a hazel nut, which made him very sick; for a + whole nut used to serve him a month. + </p> + <p> + Tom was soon well again; but as there had been a fall of rain, and the + ground was very wet, he could not travel back to King Arthur's court; + therefore his mother, one day when the wind was blowing in that direction, + made a little parasol of cambric paper, and tying Tom to it, she gave him + a puff into the air with her mouth, which soon carried him to the king's + palace. + </p> + <p> + Just at the time when Tom came flying across the courtyard, the cook + happened to be passing with the king's great bowl of furmenty, which was a + dish his majesty was very fond of; but unfortunately the poor little + fellow fell plump into the middle of it, and splashed the hot furmenty + about the cook's face. + </p> + <p> + The cook, who was an ill-natured fellow, being in a terrible rage at Tom + for frightening and scalding him with the furmenty, went straight to the + king, and said that Tom had jumped into the royal furmenty, and thrown it + down out of mere mischief. The king was so enraged when he heard this, + that he ordered Tom to be seized and tried for high treason; and there + being no person who dared to plead for him, he was condemned to be + beheaded immediately. + </p> + <p> + On hearing this dreadful sentence pronounced, poor Tom fell a-trembling + with fear, but, seeing no means of escape, and observing a miller close to + him gaping with his great mouth, as country boobies do at a far, he took a + leap, and fairly jumped down his throat. This exploit was done with such + activity that not one person present saw it, and even the miller did not + know the trick which Tom had played upon him. Now, as Tom had disappeared, + the court broke up, and the miller went home to his mill. + </p> + <p> + When Tom heard the mill at work he knew he was clear of the court, and + therefore he began to tumble and roll about, so that the poor miller could + get no rest, thinking he was bewitched; so he sent for a doctor. When the + doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing; and the doctor, being as much + frightened as the miller, sent in haste for five other doctors and twenty + learned men. + </p> + <p> + When they were debating about this extraordinary case, the miller happened + to yawn, when Tom, seizing the chance, made another jump, and alighted + safely upon his feet in the middle of the table. + </p> + <p> + The miller, who was very much provoked at being tormented by such a little + pygmy creature, fell into a terrible rage, and, laying hold of Tom, ran to + the king with him; but his majesty, being engaged with state affairs, + ordered him to be taken away and kept in custody till he sent for him. + </p> + <p> + The cook was determined that Tom should not slip out of his hands this + time, so he put him into a mouse-trap, and left him to peep through the + wires. Tom had remained in the trap a whole week, when he was sent for by + King Arthur, who pardoned him for throwing down the furmenty, and took him + again into favor. On account of his wonderful feats of activity, Tom was + knighted by the king, and went under the name of the renowned Sir Thomas + Thumb. As Tom's clothes had suffered much in the batter-pudding, the + furmenty, and the insides of the giant, miller, and fishes, his majesty + ordered him a new suit of clothes, and to be mounted as a knight. + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + "Of Butterfly's wings his shirt was made, + His boots of chicken's hide; + And by a nimble fairy blade, + Well learned in the tailoring trade, + + His clothing was supplied.— + A needle dangled by his side; + A dapper mouse he used to ride, + Thus strutted Tom in stately pride!" + + It was certainly very diverting to see Tom in this dress, and +mounted on the mouse, as he rode out a-hunting with the king and +nobility, who were all ready to expire with laughter at Tom and his fine +prancing charger. +</pre> + <p> + One day, as they were riding by a farmhouse, a large cat, which was + lurking about the door, made a spring, and seized both Tom and his mouse. + She then ran up a tree with them, and was beginning to devour the mouse; + but Tom boldly drew his sword, and attacked the cat so fiercely that she + let them both fall, when one of the nobles caught him in his hat, and laid + him on a bed of down, in a little ivory cabinet. + </p> + <p> + The queen of fairies came soon after to pay Tom a visit, and carried him + back to Fairy-land, where he lived several years. During his residence + there, King Arthur, and all the persons who knew Tom, had died; and as he + was desirous of being again at court, the fairy queen, after dressing him + in a suit of clothes, sent him flying through the air to the palace, in + the days of king Thunstone, the successor of Arthur. Every one flocked + round to see him, and being carried to the king, he was asked who he was—whence + he came—and where he lived? Tom answered: + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + "My name is Tom Thumb, + From the fairies I've come. + When King Arthur shone, + His court was my home. + In me he delighted, + By him I was knighted; + Did you never hear of Sir Thomas Thumb?" +</pre> + <p> + The king was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little chair + to be made, in order that Tom might sit upon his table, and also a palace + of gold, a span high, with a door an inch wide, to live in. He also gave + him a coach, drawn by six small mice. + </p> + <p> + The queen was so enraged at the honor paid to Sir Thomas that she resolved + to ruin him, and told the king that the little knight had been saucy to + her. + </p> + <p> + The king sent for Tom in great haste, but being fully aware of the danger + of royal anger, he crept into an empty snail-shell, where he lay for a + long time, until he was almost starved with hunger; but at last he + ventured to peep out, and seeing a fine large butterfly on the ground, + near his hiding-place, he approached very cautiously, and getting himself + placed astride on it, was immediately carried up into the air. The + butterfly flew with him from tree to tree and from field to field, and at + last returned to the court, where the king and nobility all strove to + catch him; but at last poor Tom fell from his seat into a watering-pot, in + which he was almost drowned. + </p> + <p> + When the queen saw him she was in a rage, and said he should be beheaded; + and he was again put into a mouse-trap until the time of his execution. + </p> + <p> + However, a cat, observing something alive in the trap, patted it about + till the wires broke, and set Thomas at liberty. + </p> + <p> + The king received Tom again into favor, which he did not live to enjoy, + for a large spider one day attacked him; and although he drew his sword + and fought well, yet the spider's poisonous breath at last overcame him; + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + "He fell dead on the ground where he stood, + and the spider suck'd every drop of his blood." +</pre> + <p> + King Thunstone and his whole court were so sorry at the loss of their + little favorite, that they went into mourning, and raised a fine white + marble monument over his grave, with the following epitaph: + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + "Here lyes Tom Thumb, King Arthur's knight, + Who died by a spider's cruel bite. + He was well known in Arthur's court, + Where he afforded gallant sport; + He rode at tilt and tournament, + And on a mouse a-hunting went. + Alive he filled the court with mirth; + His death to sorrow soon gave birth. + Wipe, wipe your eyes, and shake your head, + And cry,—Alas! Tom Thumb is dead!" +</pre> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + THE CAT AND THE MOUSE + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The cat and the mouse + Played in the malt-house: +</pre> + <p> + The cat bit the mouse's tail off. "Pray, puss, give me my tail." "No," + says the cat, "I'll not give you your tail, till you go to the cow and + fetch me some milk." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the cow, and thus began,— +</pre> + <p> + "Pray, cow, give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me + my own tail again." "No," said the cow, "I will give you no milk, till you + go to the farmer and get me some hay." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the farmer, and thus began,— +</pre> + <p> + "Pray, farmer, give me hay that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me + milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + </p> + <p> + "No," says the farmer, "I'll give you no hay, till you go to the butcher + and fetch me some meat." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the butcher, and thus began,— +</pre> + <p> + "Pray, butcher, give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may + give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I + may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + </p> + <p> + "No," says the butcher, "I'll give you no meat till you go to the baker + and fetch me some bread." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the baker, and thus began,— +</pre> + <p> + "Pray, baker, give me bread, that I may give butcher bread, that butcher + may give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may give me + hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give + cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + "Yes," says the baker, "I'll give you some bread, + But if you eat my meal, I'll cut off your head." +</pre> + <p> + Then the baker gave mouse bread, and mouse gave butcher bread, and butcher + gave mouse meat, and mouse gave farmer meat, and farmer gave mouse hay, + and mouse gave cow hay, and cow gave mouse milk, and mouse gave cat milk, + and cat gave mouse her own tail again! + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + FIRE! FIRE! BURN STICK! + </h2> + <p> + And old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked + sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I will + go to market and buy a little pig." As she was coming home she came to a + stile; the piggy would not go over the stile. + </p> + <p> + She went a little farther, and she met a dog. So she said to the dog, + "Dog! bit pig; piggy won't go over the stile, and I shan't get home + to-night." But the dog would not. + </p> + <p> + She went a little farther, and she met a stick. So she said, "Stick! + stick! beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I + shan't get home to-night." But the stick would not. + </p> + <p> + She went a little farther, and she met a fire. So she said, "Fire! fire! + burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over + the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the fire would not. + </p> + <p> + She went a little farther, and she met some water. So she said, "Water! + water! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick wont beat dog; dog won't + bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." + But the water would not. + </p> + <p> + She went a little farther, and she met an ox. So she said, "Ox! ox! drink + water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat + dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get + home to-night." But the ox would not. + </p> + <p> + She went a little farther, and she met a butcher. So she said, "Butcher! + butcher! kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire + won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't + get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the butcher would + not. + </p> + <p> + She went a little father, and she met a rope. So she said, "Rope! rope! + hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't + quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite + pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But + the rope would not. + </p> + <p> + So she went a little farther, and she met a rat. So she said, "Rat! rat! + gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink + water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat + dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile and I shan't get + home to-night." But the rat would not. + </p> + <p> + So she went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she said, "Cat! cat! + kill rat; rat won't gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill + ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; + stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, + and I shan't get home to-night." But the cat said to her, "If you will go + to yonder cow and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will kill the rat." So away + went the old woman to the cow. + </p> + <p> + But the cow said to her, "If you will go to yonder haystack and fetch me a + handful of hay, I'll give you the milk." So away went the old woman to the + haystack; and she brought the hay to the cow. + </p> + <p> + As soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk, and + away she went with it in a saucer to the cat. + </p> + <p> + As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat; + the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; the + butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water + began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick + began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig in a + fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman got home that night. + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The History of Tom Thumb, and Others, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF TOM THUMB *** + +***** This file should be named 1988-h.htm or 1988-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/8/1988/ + +Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The History of Tom Thumb, and Others + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Henry Altemus + +Posting Date: November 17, 2008 [EBook #1988] +Release Date: December, 1999 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF TOM THUMB *** + + + + +Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer + + + + + +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 + + + + + +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 thumb, she would be satisfied. + +Merlin was so much amused with the idea of a boy no bigger than a man's +thumb, that he made up his mind to pay a visit to the queen of the +fairies, and ask her to grant the poor woman's wish. The droll fancy of +such a little person among the human race pleased the fairy queen +too, greatly, and she promised Merlin that the wish should be granted. +Accordingly, a short time after, the ploughman's wife had a son, who, +wonderful to relate! was not bigger than his father's thumb. + +The fairy queen, wishing to see the little fellow thus born into the +world, came in at the window while the mother was sitting up in bed +admiring him. The queen kissed the child, and, giving it the name of Tom +Thumb, sent for some of the fairies, who dressed her little favorite as +she bade them. + + "An oak-leaf hat he had for his crown; + His shirt of web by spiders spun; + With jacket wove of thistle's down; + His trowsers were of feathers done. + + His stockings, of apple-rind they tie + With eyelash from his mother's eye: + His shoes were made of mouse's skin + Tann'd with the downy hair within." + +It is remarkable that Tom never grew any larger than his father's thumb, +which was only of an ordinary size; but as he got older he became very +cunning and full of tricks. When he was old enough to play with the +boys, and had lost all his own cherry-stones, he used to creep into +the bags of his playfellows, fill his pockets, and, getting out unseen, +would again join in the game. + +One day, however, as he was coming out of a bag of cherrystones, where +he had been pilfering as usual, the boy to whom it belonged chanced to +see him. "Ah, ha! my little Tommy," said the boy, "so I have caught you +stealing my cherrystones at last, and you shall be rewarded for your +thievish tricks." On saying this, he drew the string tight around his +neck, and gave the bag such a hearty shake, that poor little Tom's legs, +thighs, and body were sadly bruised. He roared out in pain, and begged +to be let out, promising never to be guilty of such bad practices again. + +A short time afterwards his mother was making a batter-pudding, and Tom +being very anxious to see how it was made, climbed up to the edge of the +bowl; but unfortunately his foot slipped and he plumped over head and +ears into the batter, unseen by his mother, who stirred him into the +pudding-bag, and put him in the pot to boil. + +The batter had filled Tom's mouth, and prevented him from crying; but, +on feeling the hot water, he kicked and struggled so much in the pot, +that his mother thought that the pudding was bewitched, and, instantly +pulling it out of the pot, she threw it to the door. A poor tinker, who +was passing by, lifted up the pudding, and, putting it into his budget, +he then walked off. As Tom had now got his mouth cleared of the batter, +he then began to cry aloud, which so frightened the tinker that he flung +down the pudding and ran away. The pudding being broke to pieces by the +fall, Tom crept out covered over with the batter, and with difficulty +walked home. His mother, who was very sorry to see her darling in such +a woeful state, put him into a tea-cup, and soon washed off the batter; +after which she kissed him, and laid him in bed. + +Soon after the adventure of the pudding, Tom's mother went to milk her +cow in the meadow, and she took him along with her. As the wind was very +high, fearing lest he should be blown away, she tied him to a thistle +with a piece of fine thread. The cow soon saw the oak-leaf hat, and, +liking the look of it, took poor Tom and the thistle at one mouthful. +While the cow was chewing the thistle Tom was afraid of her great teeth, +which threatened to crush him in pieces, and he roared out as loud as he +could: + +"Mother, mother!" + +"Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?" said his mother. + +"Here, mother," replied he, "in the red cow's mouth." + +His mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised +at the odd noise in her throat, opened her mouth and let Tom drop out. +Fortunately his mother caught him in her apron as he was falling to the +ground, or he would have been dreadfully hurt. She then put Tom in her +bosom and ran home with him. + +Tom's father made him a whip of barley straw to drive the cattle with, +and having one day gone into the fields, he slipped a foot and rolled +into the furrow. A raven, which was flying over, picked him up and flew +with him to the top of a giant's castle that was near the seaside, and +there left him. + +Tom was in a dreadful state, and did not know what to do; but he was +soon more dreadfully frightened; for old Grumbo, the giant, came up to +walk on the terrace, and seeing Tom, he took him up and swallowed him +like a pill. + +The giant had no sooner swallowed Tom than he began to repent what he +had done; for Tom began to kick and jump about so much that he felt very +uncomfortable, and at last threw him up again into the sea. A large +fish swallowed Tom the moment he fell into the sea, which was soon after +caught, and bought for the table of King Arthur. When they opened the +fish in order to cook it, every on was astonished at finding such a +little boy, and Tom was quite delighted to be out again. They carried +him to the king, who made Tom his dwarf, and he soon grew a great +favorite at court: for by his tricks and gambols he not only amused the +king and queen, but also all the knights of the Round Table. + +It is said that when the kind rode out on horseback he often took +Tom along with him, and if a shower came on he used to creep into his +majesty's waistcoat pocket, where he slept till the rain was over. + +King Arthur one day asked Tom about his parents, wishing to know if they +were as small as he was, and whether rich or poor. Tom told the king +that his father and mother were as tall as any of the persons about +the court, but rather poor. On hearing this the king carried Tom to the +treasure, the place where he kept all his money, and told him to take +as much money as he could carry home to his parents, which made the poor +little fellow caper with joy. Tom went immediately to fetch a purse, +which was made of a water-bubble, and then returned to the treasury, +where he got a silver three-penny-piece to put into it. + +Our little hero had some trouble in lifting the burden upon his back; +but he at last succeeded in getting it placed to his mind, and set +forward on his journey. However, without meeting with any accidents, and +after resting himself more than a hundred times by the way, in two days +and two nights he reached his father's house in safety. + +Tom had travelled forty-eight hours with a huge silver-piece on his +back, and was almost tired to death, when his mother ran out to meet +him, and carried him into the house. + +Tom's parents were both happy to see him, and the more so as he had +brought such an amazing sum of money with him; but the poor little +fellow was excessively wearied, having travelled half a mile in +forty-eight hours, with a huge silver three-penny-piece on his back. +His mother, in order to recover him, placed him in a walnut shell by the +fireside, and feasted him for three days on a hazel nut, which made him +very sick; for a whole nut used to serve him a month. + +Tom was soon well again; but as there had been a fall of rain, and the +ground was very wet, he could not travel back to King Arthur's court; +therefore his mother, one day when the wind was blowing in that +direction, made a little parasol of cambric paper, and tying Tom to it, +she gave him a puff into the air with her mouth, which soon carried him +to the king's palace. + +Just at the time when Tom came flying across the courtyard, the cook +happened to be passing with the king's great bowl of furmenty, which was +a dish his majesty was very fond of; but unfortunately the poor little +fellow fell plump into the middle of it, and splashed the hot furmenty +about the cook's face. + +The cook, who was an ill-natured fellow, being in a terrible rage at Tom +for frightening and scalding him with the furmenty, went straight to the +king, and said that Tom had jumped into the royal furmenty, and thrown +it down out of mere mischief. The king was so enraged when he heard +this, that he ordered Tom to be seized and tried for high treason; and +there being no person who dared to plead for him, he was condemned to be +beheaded immediately. + +On hearing this dreadful sentence pronounced, poor Tom fell a-trembling +with fear, but, seeing no means of escape, and observing a miller close +to him gaping with his great mouth, as country boobies do at a far, he +took a leap, and fairly jumped down his throat. This exploit was done +with such activity that not one person present saw it, and even the +miller did not know the trick which Tom had played upon him. Now, as +Tom had disappeared, the court broke up, and the miller went home to his +mill. + +When Tom heard the mill at work he knew he was clear of the court, and +therefore he began to tumble and roll about, so that the poor miller +could get no rest, thinking he was bewitched; so he sent for a doctor. +When the doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing; and the doctor, being +as much frightened as the miller, sent in haste for five other doctors +and twenty learned men. + +When they were debating about this extraordinary case, the miller +happened to yawn, when Tom, seizing the chance, made another jump, and +alighted safely upon his feet in the middle of the table. + +The miller, who was very much provoked at being tormented by such a +little pygmy creature, fell into a terrible rage, and, laying hold of +Tom, ran to the king with him; but his majesty, being engaged with state +affairs, ordered him to be taken away and kept in custody till he sent +for him. + +The cook was determined that Tom should not slip out of his hands this +time, so he put him into a mouse-trap, and left him to peep through the +wires. Tom had remained in the trap a whole week, when he was sent for +by King Arthur, who pardoned him for throwing down the furmenty, +and took him again into favor. On account of his wonderful feats of +activity, Tom was knighted by the king, and went under the name of the +renowned Sir Thomas Thumb. As Tom's clothes had suffered much in the +batter-pudding, the furmenty, and the insides of the giant, miller, and +fishes, his majesty ordered him a new suit of clothes, and to be mounted +as a knight. + + "Of Butterfly's wings his shirt was made, + His boots of chicken's hide; + And by a nimble fairy blade, + Well learned in the tailoring trade, + + His clothing was supplied.-- + A needle dangled by his side; + A dapper mouse he used to ride, + Thus strutted Tom in stately pride!" + + It was certainly very diverting to see Tom in this dress, and +mounted on the mouse, as he rode out a-hunting with the king and +nobility, who were all ready to expire with laughter at Tom and his fine +prancing charger. + +One day, as they were riding by a farmhouse, a large cat, which was +lurking about the door, made a spring, and seized both Tom and his +mouse. She then ran up a tree with them, and was beginning to devour the +mouse; but Tom boldly drew his sword, and attacked the cat so fiercely +that she let them both fall, when one of the nobles caught him in his +hat, and laid him on a bed of down, in a little ivory cabinet. + +The queen of fairies came soon after to pay Tom a visit, and carried him +back to Fairy-land, where he lived several years. During his residence +there, King Arthur, and all the persons who knew Tom, had died; and as +he was desirous of being again at court, the fairy queen, after dressing +him in a suit of clothes, sent him flying through the air to the palace, +in the days of king Thunstone, the successor of Arthur. Every one +flocked round to see him, and being carried to the king, he was asked +who he was--whence he came--and where he lived? Tom answered: + + "My name is Tom Thumb, + From the fairies I've come. + When King Arthur shone, + His court was my home. + In me he delighted, + By him I was knighted; + Did you never hear of Sir Thomas Thumb?" + +The king was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little +chair to be made, in order that Tom might sit upon his table, and also +a palace of gold, a span high, with a door an inch wide, to live in. He +also gave him a coach, drawn by six small mice. + +The queen was so enraged at the honor paid to Sir Thomas that she +resolved to ruin him, and told the king that the little knight had been +saucy to her. + +The king sent for Tom in great haste, but being fully aware of the +danger of royal anger, he crept into an empty snail-shell, where he lay +for a long time, until he was almost starved with hunger; but at last he +ventured to peep out, and seeing a fine large butterfly on the ground, +near his hiding-place, he approached very cautiously, and getting +himself placed astride on it, was immediately carried up into the air. +The butterfly flew with him from tree to tree and from field to field, +and at last returned to the court, where the king and nobility all +strove to catch him; but at last poor Tom fell from his seat into a +watering-pot, in which he was almost drowned. + +When the queen saw him she was in a rage, and said he should be +beheaded; and he was again put into a mouse-trap until the time of his +execution. + +However, a cat, observing something alive in the trap, patted it about +till the wires broke, and set Thomas at liberty. + +The king received Tom again into favor, which he did not live to enjoy, +for a large spider one day attacked him; and although he drew his sword +and fought well, yet the spider's poisonous breath at last overcame him; + + "He fell dead on the ground where he stood, + and the spider suck'd every drop of his blood." + +King Thunstone and his whole court were so sorry at the loss of their +little favorite, that they went into mourning, and raised a fine white +marble monument over his grave, with the following epitaph: + + "Here lyes Tom Thumb, King Arthur's knight, + Who died by a spider's cruel bite. + He was well known in Arthur's court, + Where he afforded gallant sport; + He rode at tilt and tournament, + And on a mouse a-hunting went. + Alive he filled the court with mirth; + His death to sorrow soon gave birth. + Wipe, wipe your eyes, and shake your head, + And cry,--Alas! Tom Thumb is dead!" + + +***** + + + + +THE CAT AND THE MOUSE + + The cat and the mouse + Played in the malt-house: + +The cat bit the mouse's tail off. "Pray, puss, give me my tail." "No," +says the cat, "I'll not give you your tail, till you go to the cow and +fetch me some milk." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the cow, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, cow, give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me +my own tail again." "No," said the cow, "I will give you no milk, till +you go to the farmer and get me some hay." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the farmer, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, farmer, give me hay that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me +milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + +"No," says the farmer, "I'll give you no hay, till you go to the butcher +and fetch me some meat." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the butcher, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, butcher, give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer +may give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, +that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + +"No," says the butcher, "I'll give you no meat till you go to the baker +and fetch me some bread." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the baker, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, baker, give me bread, that I may give butcher bread, that butcher +may give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may give me +hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give +cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + + "Yes," says the baker, "I'll give you some bread, + But if you eat my meal, I'll cut off your head." + +Then the baker gave mouse bread, and mouse gave butcher bread, and +butcher gave mouse meat, and mouse gave farmer meat, and farmer gave +mouse hay, and mouse gave cow hay, and cow gave mouse milk, and mouse +gave cat milk, and cat gave mouse her own tail again! + + +***** + + + + +FIRE! FIRE! BURN STICK! + +And old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked +sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I +will go to market and buy a little pig." As she was coming home she came +to a stile; the piggy would not go over the stile. + +She went a little farther, and she met a dog. So she said to the dog, +"Dog! bit pig; piggy won't go over the stile, and I shan't get home +to-night." But the dog would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met a stick. So she said, "Stick! +stick! beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and +I shan't get home to-night." But the stick would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met a fire. So she said, "Fire! fire! +burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get +over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the fire would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met some water. So she said, "Water! +water! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick wont beat dog; dog +won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home +to-night." But the water would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met an ox. So she said, "Ox! ox! +drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't +beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I +shan't get home to-night." But the ox would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met a butcher. So she said, "Butcher! +butcher! kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire +won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't +get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the butcher +would not. + +She went a little father, and she met a rope. So she said, "Rope! rope! +hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't +quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite +pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." +But the rope would not. + +So she went a little farther, and she met a rat. So she said, "Rat! +rat! gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't +drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick +won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile and I +shan't get home to-night." But the rat would not. + +So she went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she said, "Cat! cat! +kill rat; rat won't gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't +kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn +stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over +the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the cat said to her, "If +you will go to yonder cow and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will kill the +rat." So away went the old woman to the cow. + +But the cow said to her, "If you will go to yonder haystack and fetch me +a handful of hay, I'll give you the milk." So away went the old woman to +the haystack; and she brought the hay to the cow. + +As soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk, +and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat. + +As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the +rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; +the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the +water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the +stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little +pig in a fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman got home +that night. + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The History of Tom Thumb, and Others, by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF TOM THUMB *** + +***** This file should be named 1988.txt or 1988.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/1/9/8/1988/ + +Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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Burn Stick! + + +Edited by Henry Altemus + + + +* + + +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 thumb, she would be satisfied. + +Merlin was so much amused with the idea of a boy no bigger than a +man's thumb, that he made up his mind to pay a visit to the queen of +the fairies, and ask her to grant the poor woman's wish. The droll fancy +of such a little person among the human race pleased the fairy queen too, +greatly, and she promised Merlin that the wish should be granted. +Accordingly, a short time after, the ploughman's wife had a son, who, +wonderful to relate! was not bigger than his father's thumb. + +The fairy queen, wishing to see the little fellow thus born into the +world, came in at the window while the mother was sitting up in bed +admiring him. The queen kissed the child, and, giving it the name of +Tom Thumb, sent for some of the fairies, who dressed her little +favorite as she bade them. + + "An oak-leaf hat he had for his crown; + His shirt of web by spiders spun; + With jacket wove of thistle's down; + His trowsers were of feathers done. + + His stockings, of apple-rind they tie + With eyelash from his mother's eye: + His shoes were made of mouse's skin + Tann'd with the downy hair within." + +It is remarkable that Tom never grew any larger than his father's +thumb, which was only of an ordinary size; but as he got older he became +very cunning and full of tricks. When he was old enough to play with the +boys, and had lost all his own cherry-stones, he used to creep into +the bags of his playfellows, fill his pockets, and, getting out unseen, +would again join in the game. + +One day, however, as he was coming out of a bag of cherrystones, +where he had been pilfering as usual, the boy to whom it belonged chanced +to see him. "Ah, ha! my little Tommy," said the boy, "so I have caught +you stealing my cherrystones at last, and you shall be rewarded for your +thievish tricks." On saying this, he drew the string tight around his +neck, and gave the bag such a hearty shake, that poor little Tom's legs, +thighs, and body were sadly bruised. He roared out in pain, and begged +to be let out, promising never to be guilty of such bad practices again. + +A short time afterwards his mother was making a batter-pudding, and Tom +being very anxious to see how it was made, climbed up to the edge of +the bowl; but unfortunately his foot slipped and he plumped over head +and ears into the batter, unseen by his mother, who stirred him into +the pudding-bag, and put him in the pot to boil. + +The batter had filled Tom's mouth, and prevented him from crying; +but, on feeling the hot water, he kicked and struggled so much in +the pot, that his mother thought that the pudding was bewitched, and, +instantly pulling it out of the pot, she threw it to the door. A poor tinker, +who was passing by, lifted up the pudding, and, putting it into his budget, +he then walked off. As Tom had now got his mouth cleared of the batter, +he then began to cry aloud, which so frightened the tinker that he flung +down the pudding and ran away. The pudding being broke to pieces by +the fall, Tom crept out covered over with the batter, and with difficulty +walked home. His mother, who was very sorry to see her darling in +such a woeful state, put him into a tea-cup, and soon washed off the +batter; after which she kissed him, and laid him in bed. + +Soon after the adventure of the pudding, Tom's mother went to milk +her cow in the meadow, and she took him along with her. As the wind was +very high, fearing lest he should be blown away, she tied him to a +thistle with a piece of fine thread. The cow soon saw the oak-leaf +hat, and, liking the look of it, took poor Tom and the thistle at one +mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle Tom was afraid of +her great teeth, which threatened to crush him in pieces, and he roared +out as loud as he could: + +"Mother, mother!" + +"Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?" said his mother. + +"Here, mother," replied he, "in the red cow's mouth." + +His mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised +at the odd noise in her throat, opened her mouth and let Tom drop out. +Fortunately his mother caught him in her apron as he was falling to +the ground, or he would have been dreadfully hurt. She then put Tom +in her bosom and ran home with him. + +Tom's father made him a whip of barley straw to drive the cattle with, +and having one day gone into the fields, he slipped a foot and rolled +into the furrow. A raven, which was flying over, picked him up and +flew with him to the top of a giant's castle that was near the seaside, +and there left him. + +Tom was in a dreadful state, and did not know what to do; but he was +soon more dreadfully frightened; for old Grumbo, the giant, came up +to walk on the terrace, and seeing Tom, he took him up and swallowed him +like a pill. + +The giant had no sooner swallowed Tom than he began to repent what he +had done; for Tom began to kick and jump about so much that he felt +very uncomfortable, and at last threw him up again into the sea. A large +fish swallowed Tom the moment he fell into the sea, which was soon +after caught, and bought for the table of King Arthur. When they opened +the fish in order to cook it, every on was astonished at finding such a +little boy, and Tom was quite delighted to be out again. They +carried him to the king, who made Tom his dwarf, and he soon grew a great +favorite at court: for by his tricks and gambols he not only amused +the king and queen, but also all the knights of the Round Table. + +It is said that when the kind rode out on horseback he often took Tom +along with him, and if a shower came on he used to creep into his +majesty's waistcoat pocket, where he slept till the rain was over. + +King Arthur one day asked Tom about his parents, wishing to know if +they were as small as he was, and whether rich or poor. Tom told the king +that his father and mother were as tall as any of the persons about +the court, but rather poor. On hearing this the king carried Tom to the +treasure, the place where he kept all his money, and told him to take +as much money as he could carry home to his parents, which made the poor +little fellow caper with joy. Tom went immediately to fetch a purse, +which was made of a water-bubble, and then returned to the treasury, +where he got a silver three-penny-piece to put into it. + +Our little hero had some trouble in lifting the burden upon his back; +but he at last succeeded in getting it placed to his mind, and set +forward on his journey. However, without meeting with any accidents, +and after resting himself more than a hundred times by the way, in +two days and two nights he reached his father's house in safety. + +Tom had travelled forty-eight hours with a huge silver-piece on his +back, and was almost tired to death, when his mother ran out to meet +him, and carried him into the house. + +Tom's parents were both happy to see him, and the more so as he had +brought such an amazing sum of money with him; but the poor little +fellow was excessively wearied, having travelled half a mile in forty- +eight hours, with a huge silver three-penny-piece on his back. His +mother, in order to recover him, placed him in a walnut shell by the +fireside, and feasted him for three days on a hazel nut, which made +him very sick; for a whole nut used to serve him a month. + +Tom was soon well again; but as there had been a fall of rain, and +the ground was very wet, he could not travel back to King Arthur's court; +therefore his mother, one day when the wind was blowing in that +direction, made a little parasol of cambric paper, and tying Tom to +it, she gave him a puff into the air with her mouth, which soon carried +him to the king's palace. + +Just at the time when Tom came flying across the courtyard, the cook +happened to be passing with the king's great bowl of furmenty, which +was a dish his majesty was very fond of; but unfortunately the poor +little fellow fell plump into the middle of it, and splashed the hot +furmenty about the cook's face. + +The cook, who was an ill-natured fellow, being in a terrible rage at +Tom for frightening and scalding him with the furmenty, went straight to +the king, and said that Tom had jumped into the royal furmenty, and +thrown it down out of mere mischief. The king was so enraged when he heard +this, that he ordered Tom to be seized and tried for high treason; +and there being no person who dared to plead for him, he was condemned to +be beheaded immediately. + +On hearing this dreadful sentence pronounced, poor Tom fell a-trembling +with fear, but, seeing no means of escape, and observing a miller +close to him gaping with his great mouth, as country boobies do at a far, +he took a leap, and fairly jumped down his throat. This exploit was +done with such activity that not one person present saw it, and even the +miller did not know the trick which Tom had played upon him. Now, as +Tom had disappeared, the court broke up, and the miller went home to +his mill. + +When Tom heard the mill at work he knew he was clear of the court, +and therefore he began to tumble and roll about, so that the poor miller +could get no rest, thinking he was bewitched; so he sent for a doctor. +When the doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing; and the doctor, +being as much frightened as the miller, sent in haste for five other +doctors and twenty learned men. + +When they were debating about this extraordinary case, the miller +happened to yawn, when Tom, seizing the chance, made another jump, +and alighted safely upon his feet in the middle of the table. + +The miller, who was very much provoked at being tormented by such a +little pygmy creature, fell into a terrible rage, and, laying hold of +Tom, ran to the king with him; but his majesty, being engaged with +state affairs, ordered him to be taken away and kept in custody till he +sent for him. + +The cook was determined that Tom should not slip out of his hands +this time, so he put him into a mouse-trap, and left him to peep through +the wires. Tom had remained in the trap a whole week, when he was sent +for by King Arthur, who pardoned him for throwing down the furmenty, and +took him again into favor. On account of his wonderful feats of +activity, Tom was knighted by the king, and went under the name of +the renowned Sir Thomas Thumb. As Tom's clothes had suffered much in the +batter-pudding, the furmenty, and the insides of the giant, miller, +and fishes, his majesty ordered him a new suit of clothes, and to be +mounted as a knight. + + "Of Butterfly's wings his shirt was made, + His boots of chicken's hide; + And by a nimble fairy blade, + Well learned in the tailoring trade, + + His clothing was supplied.-- + A needle dangled by his side; + A dapper mouse he used to ride, + Thus strutted Tom in stately pride!" + + It was certainly very diverting to see Tom in this dress, and +mounted on the mouse, as he rode out a-hunting with the king and +nobility, who were all ready to expire with laughter at Tom and his +fine prancing charger. + +One day, as they were riding by a farmhouse, a large cat, which was +lurking about the door, made a spring, and seized both Tom and his +mouse. She then ran up a tree with them, and was beginning to devour +the mouse; but Tom boldly drew his sword, and attacked the cat so +fiercely that she let them both fall, when one of the nobles caught +him in his hat, and laid him on a bed of down, in a little ivory +cabinet. + +The queen of fairies came soon after to pay Tom a visit, and carried +him back to Fairy-land, where he lived several years. During his +residence there, King Arthur, and all the persons who knew Tom, had died; +and as he was desirous of being again at court, the fairy queen, after +dressing him in a suit of clothes, sent him flying through the air to the +palace, in the days of king Thunstone, the successor of Arthur. Every one +flocked round to see him, and being carried to the king, he was asked +who he was--whence he came--and where he lived? Tom answered: + + "My name is Tom Thumb, + From the fairies I've come. + When King Arthur shone, + His court was my home. + In me he delighted, + By him I was knighted; +Did you never hear of Sir Thomas Thumb?" + +The king was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little +chair to be made, in order that Tom might sit upon his table, and also a +palace of gold, a span high, with a door an inch wide, to live in. +He also gave him a coach, drawn by six small mice. + +The queen was so enraged at the honor paid to Sir Thomas that she +resolved to ruin him, and told the king that the little knight had +been saucy to her. + +The king sent for Tom in great haste, but being fully aware of the +danger of royal anger, he crept into an empty snail-shell, where he +lay for a long time, until he was almost starved with hunger; but at last +he ventured to peep out, and seeing a fine large butterfly on the ground, +near his hiding-place, he approached very cautiously, and getting +himself placed astride on it, was immediately carried up into the air. +The butterfly flew with him from tree to tree and from field to field, +and at last returned to the court, where the king and nobility all +strove to catch him; but at last poor Tom fell from his seat into a +watering-pot, in which he was almost drowned. + +When the queen saw him she was in a rage, and said he should be +beheaded; and he was again put into a mouse-trap until the time of +his execution. + +However, a cat, observing something alive in the trap, patted it +about till the wires broke, and set Thomas at liberty. + +The king received Tom again into favor, which he did not live to enjoy, +for a large spider one day attacked him; and although he drew his sword +and fought well, yet the spider's poisonous breath at last overcame him; + + "He fell dead on the ground where he stood, + and the spider suck'd every drop of his blood." + +King Thunstone and his whole court were so sorry at the loss of their +little favorite, that they went into mourning, and raised a fine +white marble monument over his grave, with the following epitaph: + + "Here lyes Tom Thumb, King Arthur's knight, + Who died by a spider's cruel bite. + He was well known in Arthur's court, + Where he afforded gallant sport; + He rode at tilt and tournament, + And on a mouse a-hunting went. + Alive he filled the court with mirth; + His death to sorrow soon gave birth. + Wipe, wipe your eyes, and shake your head, + And cry,--Alas! Tom Thumb is dead!" + + +***** + + +The Cat and the Mouse + + The cat and the mouse + Played in the malt-house: + +The cat bit the mouse's tail off. "Pray, puss, give me my tail." +"No," says the cat, "I'll not give you your tail, till you go to the cow +and fetch me some milk." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the cow, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, cow, give me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give +me my own tail again." "No," said the cow, "I will give you no milk, +till you go to the farmer and get me some hay." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the farmer, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, farmer, give me hay that I may give cow hay, that cow may give +me milk, that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail +again." + +"No," says the farmer, "I'll give you no hay, till you go to the +butcher and fetch me some meat." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the butcher, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, butcher, give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that +farmer may give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, +that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + +"No," says the butcher, "I'll give you no meat till you go to the baker and +fetch me some bread." + + First she leapt, and then she ran, + Till she came to the baker, and thus began,-- + +"Pray, baker, give me bread, that I may give butcher bread, that +butcher may give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may give +me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may +give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again." + + "Yes," says the baker, "I'll give you some bread, + But if you eat my meal, I'll cut off your head." + +Then the baker gave mouse bread, and mouse gave butcher bread, and +butcher gave mouse meat, and mouse gave farmer meat, and farmer gave +mouse hay, and mouse gave cow hay, and cow gave mouse milk, and mouse +gave cat milk, and cat gave mouse her own tail again! + + + +***** + + + + +Fire! Fire! Burn stick! + +And old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked +sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? +I will go to market and buy a little pig." As she was coming home she +came to a stile; the piggy would not go over the stile. + +She went a little farther, and she met a dog. So she said to the +dog, "Dog! bit pig; piggy won't go over the stile, and I shan't get home +to-night." But the dog would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met a stick. So she said, "Stick! +stick! beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, +and I shan't get home to-night." But the stick would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met a fire. So she said, "Fire! +fire! burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy +won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the fire +would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met some water. So she said, +"Water! water! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick wont beat dog; +dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get +home to-night." But the water would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met an ox. So she said, "Ox! ox! +drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick +won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, +and I shan't get home to-night." But the ox would not. + +She went a little farther, and she met a butcher. So she said, +"Butcher! butcher! kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench +fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite +pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." +But the butcher would not. + +She went a little father, and she met a rope. So she said, "Rope! +rope! hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water +won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't +bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." +But the rope would not. + +So she went a little farther, and she met a rat. So she said, "Rat! +rat! gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox +won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick +won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile and I +shan't get home to-night." But the rat would not. + +So she went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she said, "Cat! +cat! kill rat; rat won't gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher +won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire +won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get +over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the cat said to +her, "If you will go to yonder cow and fetch me a saucer of milk, I +will kill the rat." So away went the old woman to the cow. + +But the cow said to her, "If you will go to yonder haystack and fetch +me a handful of hay, I'll give you the milk." So away went the old woman +to the haystack; and she brought the hay to the cow. + +As soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk, +and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat. + +As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the +rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the +butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; +the water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the +stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little +pig in a fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman got home +that night. + + + + + +End of The Project Gutenberg Etext of The History of Tom Thumb, et. al. + diff --git a/old/thumb10.zip b/old/thumb10.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe2e79f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/thumb10.zip |