Thumbling

“I could tell thee that,” cried Thumbling, interrupting them.

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Thumbling in its ear, and then the little creature cried,

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Hardly, however had he set his foot inside when Thumbling again cried, “Bring me no more fodder, bring me no more fodder.”

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“And we will not sell thee again, no, not for all the riches in the world,” said his parents, and they embraced and kissed their dear Thumbling.

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“Oh father,” cried Thumbling, “I will soon bring the cart, rely on that; it shall be in the forest at the appointed time.”

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“It is as we wished it to be, and it shall be our dear child;” and because of its size, they called it Thumbling.

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Thumbling had great difficulty in working his way; however, he succeeded so far as to get some room, but just as he was going to thrust his head out, a new misfortune occurred.

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Her first walk was into the barn, where she laid hold of an armful of hay, and precisely that very one in which poor Thumbling was lying asleep.

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When Thumbling saw that they were gone, he crept back out of the subterranean passage.

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Thumbling crept still farther in, and as it soon became quite dark, they were forced to go home with their vexation and their empty purses.

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