<h2>THUMBLING</h2>
<p>There was once a poor woodman sitting by the fire in his
cottage and his wife sat by his side spinning. "How lonely it
is," said he, "for you and me to sit here by ourselves without
any children to play about and amuse us, while other people
seem so happy and merry with their children!" "What you say is
very true," said the wife, sighing, and turning her wheel; "how
happy should I be if I had but one child! and if it were ever
so small, nay, if it were no bigger than my thumb, I should be
very happy, and love it dearly." Now it came to pass that this
good woman's wish was fulfilled just as she desired; for, some
time afterwards, she had a little boy, who was quite healthy
and strong, but not much bigger than my thumb.
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page126" id="page126"></SPAN></span> So they said, "Well, we
cannot say we have not got what we wished for, and, little
as he is, we will love him dearly;" and they called him
Thumbling.</p>
<p>They gave him plenty of food, yet he never grew bigger, but
remained just the same size as when he was born; still, his
eyes were sharp and sparkling and he soon showed himself to be
a clever little fellow, who always knew well what he was about.
One day, as the woodman was getting ready to go into the wood
to cut fuel, he said, "I wish I had some one to bring the cart
after me, for I want to make haste." "Oh, father!" cried
Thumbling, "I will take care of that; the cart shall be in the
wood by the time you want it." Then the woodman laughed and
said, "How can that be? You cannot reach up to the horse's
bridle." "Never mind that, father," said Thumbling; "if my
mother will only harness the horse, I will get into his ear,
and tell him which way to go." "Well," said the father, "we
will try for once."</p>
<p>When the time came, the mother harnessed the horse to the
cart, and put Thumbling into its ear; and as he sat there, the
little man told the beast how to go, crying out, "Go on," and
"Stop," as he wanted; so the horse went on just as if the
woodman had driven it himself into the wood. It happened that,
as the horse was going a little too fast, and Thumbling was
calling out "Gently, gently!" two strangers came up. "What an
odd thing that is!" said one, "there is a cart going along, and
I heard a carter talking to the horse but can see no one."
"That is strange," said the other; "let us follow the cart and
see where it goes." So they went on into the wood, till at last
they came to the place where the woodman was. Then Thumbling,
seeing his father, cried out, "See, father, here I am, with the
cart, all right and safe; now take me down." So his father took
hold of the horse with one hand, and with the other took his
son out of the ear; then he put him down upon a straw, where he
sat as merry as you please. The two strangers were all this
time looking on, and did not know what to say for wonder. At
last one took the other aside and said, "That little urchin
will make our fortune if we can get him, and carry him about
from town to town as <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page127" id="page127"></SPAN></span> a show; we must buy him."
So they went to the woodman and asked him what he would take
for the little man: "He will be better off," said they,
"with us than with you." "I won't sell him at all," said the
father, "my own flesh and blood is dearer to me than all the
silver and gold in the world." But Thumbling, hearing of the
bargain they wanted to make, crept up his father's coat to
his shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "Take the money,
father, and let them have me; I'll soon come back to
you."</p>
<div class="figcenter"
style="width:100%;">
<ANTIMG width-obs="500" src="images/127.png" alt="Running" /></div>
<p>So the woodman at last agreed to sell Thumbling to the
strangers for a large piece of gold. "Where do you like to
sit?" said one of them. "Oh! put me on the rim of your hat,
that will be a nice gallery for me; I can walk about there, and
see the country as we <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page128" id="page128"></SPAN></span> go along." So they did as
he wished; and when Thumbling had taken leave of his father,
they carried him away with them. They journeyed on till it
began to be dusky, and then the little man said, "Let me get
down, I'm tired." So the man took off his hat and set him
down on a clod of earth in a ploughed field by the side of
the road, But Thumbling ran about amongst the furrows, and
at last slipped into a mouse-hole. "Good-night, masters,"
said he, "I'm off! mind and look sharp after me the next
time." They ran directly to the place, and poked the ends of
their sticks into the mouse-hole, but all in vain; Thumbling
only crawled further and further in, and at last it became
quite dark, so they were obliged to go their way without
their prize, as sulky as you please.</p>
<div class="figcenter"
style="width:100%;">
<ANTIMG width-obs="500" src="images/128.png" alt="Looking in the window" /></div>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page129" id="page129"></SPAN></span>
<p>When Thumbling found they were gone, he came out of his
hiding-place. "What dangerous walking it is," said he, "in this
ploughed field! If I were to fall from one of these great
clods, I should certainly break my neck." At last, by good
chance, he found a large empty snail-shell. "This is lucky,"
said he, "I can sleep here very well," and in he crept. Just as
he was falling asleep he heard two men passing, and one said to
the other, "How shall we manage to steal that rich parson's
silver and gold?" "I'll tell you," cried Thumbling. "What noise
was that?" said the thief, frightened. "I am sure I heard some
one speak." They stood still listening, and Thumbling said,
"Take me with you, and I'll soon show you how to get the
parson's money." "But where are you?" said they. "Look about on
the ground," answered he, "and listen where the sound comes
from." At last the thieves found him out, and lifted him up in
their hands. "You little urchin!" said they, "what can you do
for us?" "Why, I can get between the iron window-bars of the
parson's house, and throw you out whatever you want." "That's a
good thought," said the thieves: "come along, we shall see what
you can do."</p>
<p>When they came to the parson's house, Thumbling slipped
through the window-bars into the room, and then called out as
loudly as he could bawl, "Will you have all that is here?" At
this the thieves were frightened, and said "Softly, softly,
speak low that you may not awaken anybody." But Thumbling
pretended not to understand them, and bawled out again, "How
much will you have? Shall I throw it all out?" Now the cook lay
in the next room, and hearing a noise she raised herself in her
bed and listened. Meanwhile the thieves were frightened, and
ran off to a little distance; but at last they plucked up
courage, and said, "The little urchin is only trying to make
fools of us." So they came back and whispered softly to him,
saying, "Now, let us have no more of your jokes, but throw out
some of the money." Then Thumbling called out as loudly as he
could, "Very well; hold out your hands, here it comes." The
cook heard this quite plainly, so she sprang out of bed and ran
to open the door. The thieves rushed off as if a wolf were at
their heels; <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page130" id="page130"></SPAN></span> and the maid, having groped
about and found nothing, went away for a light. By the time
she returned, Thumbling had slipped off into the barn; and
when the cook had looked about and searched every hole and
corner, and found nobody, she went to bed, thinking she must
have been dreaming with her eyes open. The little man
crawled about in the hay-loft, and at last found a glorious
place to finish his night's rest in; so he laid himself
down, meaning to sleep till daylight, and then find his way
home to his father and mother. But, alas! how cruelly was he
disappointed! what crosses and sorrows happen in this world!
The cook got up early, before daybreak, to feed the cows:
she went straight to the hay loft, and carried away a large
bundle of hay with the little man in the middle of it fast
asleep. He still, however, slept on, and did not wake till
he found himself in the mouth of the cow, who had taken him
up with a mouthful of hay: "Good lack-a-day!" said he, "how
did I manage to tumble into the mill?" But he soon found out
where he really was, and was obliged to have all his wits
about him in order that he might not get <!--blank page-->
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page132" id="page132"></SPAN></span> between the cow's teeth,
and so be crushed to death. At last she swallowed him down.
"It is rather dark here," said he; "they forgot to build
windows in this room to let the sun in; a candle would be no
bad thing."</p>
<div class="figleft"
style="width:70%;">
<ANTIMG width-obs="400" src="images/130.png" alt="Thumbling getting small" /></div>
<p>Though he made the best of his bad luck, he did not like his
quarters at all; and the worst of it was, that more and more
hay was always coming down, and the space in which he was
became smaller and smaller. At last he cried out as loudly as
he could, "Don't bring me any more hay! Don't bring me any more
hay!" The maid happened to be just then milking the cow, and
hearing someone speak and seeing nobody, and yet being quite
sure it was the same voice that she had heard in the night, she
was so much frightened that she fell off her stool and overset
the milk-pail. She ran off as fast as she could to her master,
the parson, and said, "Sir, sir, the cow is talking!" But the
parson said, "Woman, thou art surely mad!" However, he went
with her into the cow-house to see what was the matter.
Scarcely had they set their feet on the threshold when
Thumbling called out, "Don't bring me any more hay!" Then the
parson himself was frightened; and thinking the cow was surely
bewitched, ordered that she should be killed directly. So the
cow was killed, and the part in which Thumbling lay was thrown
away.</p>
<p>Thumbling soon set himself to work to get out, which was not
a very easy task; but at last, just as he had made room to get
his head through, a new misfortune befell him: a hungry wolf
passed by and swallowed Thumbling and all, at a single gulp,
and ran away. Thumbling, however, was not disheartened; and
thinking the wolf would not dislike having some chat with him
as he was going along, he called out, "My good friend, I can
show you a famous treat." "Where's that?" said the wolf. "In
such and such a house," said Thumbling, describing his father's
house, "you can crawl through the drain into the kitchen, and
there you will find cakes, ham, beef, and everything your heart
can desire." The wolf did not want to be asked twice; so that
very night he went to the house and crawled through the drain
into the kitchen, and ate and drank there
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page133" id="page133"></SPAN></span> to his heart's content. As
soon as he was satisfied, he wanted to get away; but he had
eaten so much that he could not get out the same way that he
came in. This was just what Thumbling had reckoned upon; and
he now began to set up a great shout, making all the noise
he could. "Will you be quiet?" said the wolf, "you'll awaken
everybody in the house." "What's that to me?" said the
little man, "you have had your frolic, now I've a mind to be
merry myself;" and he began again singing and shouting as
loudly as he could.</p>
<div class="figcenter"
style="width:100%;">
<ANTIMG width-obs="457" src="images/131.png" alt="THE WOODMAN AND HIS WIFE, BEING AWAKENED BY THE NOISE," />
<br/>
"THE WOODMAN AND HIS WIFE, BEING AWAKENED BY THE
NOISE,<br/>
PEEPED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE DOOR."</div>
<p>The woodman and his wife, being awakened by the noise,
peeped through a crack in the door; but when they saw that the
wolf was there, you may well suppose that they were terribly
frightened; and the woodman ran for his axe, and gave his wife
a scythe. "Now do you stay behind," said the woodman; "and when
I have knocked him on the head, do you cut him open with the
scythe." Thumbling heard all this, and said, "Father, father! I
am here; the wolf has swallowed me;" and his father said,
"Heaven be praised! we have found our dear child again;" and he
told his wife not to use the scythe, for fear she should hurt
him. Then he aimed a great blow, and struck the wolf on the
head, and killed him on the spot; and when he was dead they cut
open his body and set Thumbling free. "Ah!" said the father,
"what fears we have had for you!" "Yes, father," answered he,
"I have travelled all over the world, since we parted, in one
way or other; and now I am very glad to get fresh air again."
"Why, where have you been?" said the father. "I have been in a
mouse-hole, in a snail-shell, down a cow's throat, and inside
the wolf; and yet here I am again safe and sound." "Well," said
they, "we will not sell you again for all the riches in the
world." So they hugged and kissed their dear little son, and
gave him plenty to eat and drink, and fetched new clothes for
him, for his old ones were quite spoiled on his
journey.</p>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page134" id="page134"></SPAN></span>
<div class="figcenter"
style="width:100%;">
<ANTIMG width-obs="500" src="images/134.png" alt="From THE GOOSE GIRL" /><br/>
<br/>
From "THE GOOSE GIRL"</div>
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<div class="figcenter"
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<ANTIMG width-obs="600" src="images/139.png" alt="From Children's Stories from Tennyson." />
<p class="author"><i>From "Children's Stories from
Tennyson."</i></p>
</div>
<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page140" id="page140"></SPAN></span>
<div class="figleft"
style="width:50%;">
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<ANTIMG width-obs="300" src="images/140.png" alt="From Children's Stories from Italian Fairy Tales." /></div>
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<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page141" id="page141"></SPAN></span>
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<div class="figcenter"
style="width:100%;">
<p><i>From "Children's Stories from French Fairy
Tales"</i></p>
<p> </p>
<ANTIMG width-obs="600" src="images/141.png" alt="From Children's Stories from French Fairy Tales" /></div>
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<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page142" id="page142"></SPAN></span>
<div class="figleft"
style="width:60%;">
<ANTIMG width-obs="400" src="images/142.png" alt="From Alice in Wonderland" />
<p class="author"><i>From<br/>
"Alice in Wonderland"</i></p>
</div>
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<h3>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY</h3>
<h5>TOLD BY E. NESBIT AND DORIS ASHLEY</h5>
<p>Some of the most noteworthy and interesting historical
events woven into entertaining stories, and so of great value
in indelibly impressing them upon the mind. The volume is
charmingly illustrated throughout by the late John H. Bacon,
A.R.A., Howard Davie, M. Bowley, and other popular artists.
Printed on rough art paper. 9 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.
letterpress, crown 4to.</p>
<h3>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE POETS</h3>
<h5>BY M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE AND HILDA HART</h5>
<h5>ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK ADAMS</h5>
<p>Characters and incidents in the works of Chaucer, Pope,
Keats, Milton, Browning, and other great poets, teeming with
interest, and with which all minds should be conversant, are
here presented in extremely fascinating prose narrative,
beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white by Frank
Adams. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates.
144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.</p>
<h3>ALICE IN WONDERLAND</h3>
<h5>ILLUSTRATED BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL</h5>
<p>An exceptionally attractive edition of the popular Fairy
Tale by Lewis Carroll, characteristically and charmingly
illustrated with many black and white drawings and full-page
colour plates. This story, which will hold its own as long as
dreams are dreamed, is here presented in a worthy setting, and
one which will meet with universal approbation. Printed on
rough art paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 152 pp.
letterpress, crown
4to.</p>
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<h3>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM DICKENS</h3>
<h5>BY MARY ANGELA DICKENS</h5>
<h5>ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD COPPING</h5>
<p>The child interest from some of Dickens' masterpieces is
here depicted afresh, and told in simple and charming language
by his grand-daughter, Mary Angela Dickens, and other writers,
with an introduction by Percy Fitzgerald, the friend of, and
eminent authority on, Charles Dickens. The stories of Little
David Copperfield, Little Nell, Tiny Tim, Little Paul Dombey,
etc., etc., are here narrated, all being profusely illustrated.
Printed on rough art paper 11 full-page coloured plates. 144
pp. letterpress, crown 4to.</p>
<h3>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SCOTT</h3>
<h5>BY DORIS ASHLEY</h5>
<h5>ILLUSTRATED BY HAROLD C. EARNSHAW</h5>
<p>The histories of Sir Walter Scott's most popular characters
condensed into short stories, and thus adapted as an
interesting introduction to the Scott classics, so worthily
considered a part of the education of every up-to-date boy and
girl. These tales are admirably illustrated with numerous
drawings in colour and black and white. Printed on rough art
paper. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown
4to.</p>
<h3>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS</h3>
<h5>BY ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF</h5>
<h5>ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY G. THEAKER</h5>
<p>An admirable collection of the most popular tales, carefully
compiled so as to form an entirely delightful and charming
volume. The book is beautifully illustrated with pictures
gorgeous in their Eastern colours, and innumerable black and
white drawings. Printed on rough art paper. 12 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp. letterpress, crown 4to.</p>
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"Children's<br/>
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<h3>THE RAPHAEL HOUSE LIBRARY OF GIFT BOOKS</h3>
<h5>Edited by CAPTAIN EDRIC VREDENBURG</h5>
<blockquote class="note">
<p>Thirty beautiful Volumes, profusely illustrated in
colour and black and white. Pictorial Boards, Cloth Back,
or Cloth. Bevelled, Gilt Edges. Crown 4to.</p>
<p><b>TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA</b>. By WASHINGTON IRVING.
Illustrated by H.M. BROCK. 12 full-page colour plates.
144pp.</p>
<p>"<b>ANIMAL LEGENDS FROM MANY LANDS</b>." By ROSE YEATMAN
WOOLF. Illustrated by EDWIN NOBLE. 12 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>TALES OF KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND
TABLE</b>. By DORIS ASHLEY. Illustrated by A.A. DIXON. 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>MY BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES</b>. By CAPT. EDRIC
VREDENBURG and others. Illustrated by JENNIE HARBOUR. 12
full-page colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM OLD BRITISH LEGENDS</b>. By
M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE and HILDA HART. Illustrated by HARRY G.
THEAKER. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM FRENCH FAIRY TALES</b>. By
DORIS ASHLEY. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ITALIAN FAIRY TALES AND
LEGENDS</b>. By LILIA ROMANO. Illustrated by HOWARD DAVIE
12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM INDIAN LEGENDS</b>. By M.
DOROTHY BELGRAVE and HILDA HART. Illustrated by H.G.
THEAKER. 12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM JAPANESE FAIRY TALES AND
LEGENDS</b>. Translated and adapted by N. KATO. Illustrated
by H.G. THEAKER. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ROUMANIAN FAIRY TALES AND
LEGENDS</b> By Dr. M. GASTER, Ph.D., late President of the
English Folk-lore Society, &c. Illustrated by C.E.
BROCK. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES AND
LEGENDS</b>. Translated and adapted by SERAPHIMA PULMAN.
Illustrated by ARTHUR A. DIXON. 12 full-page colour plates.
144pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE NORTHERN LEGENDS</b>. By
M. DOROTHY BELGRAVE and HILDA HART. Illustrated by HARRY G.
THEAKER. 12 full-page colour plates. 152 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SCOTT</b>. By DORIS ASHLEY.
Illustrated by HAROLD C. EARNSHAW. 12 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE POETS</b>. By M. DOROTHY
BELGRAVE and HILDA HART. Illustrated by FRANK ADAMS. 12
full-page colour plates. 152pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY</b>. By E.
NESBIT and DORIS ASHLEY. Illustrated by JOHN H. BACON,
A.R.A., HOWARD DAVIE, and others. 9 full-page colour
plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS</b>. By
ROSE YEATMAN WOOLF. Illustrated by H.G. THEAKER 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM DICKENS</b>. By MARY ANGELA
DICKENS. Illustrated by HAROLD COPPING. 11 full-page colour
plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM SHAKESPEARE</b>. By E.
NESBIT. Illustrated by J.H. BACON, A.R.A., HOWARD DAVIE,
and H. COPPING. 10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM TENNYSON</b>. By NORA
CHESSON. Illustrated by JOHN H. BACON, A.R.A., ARTHUR
DIXON, HAROLD COPPING, and other artists. 10 full-page
colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM LONGFELLOW</b>. By DORIS
ASHLEY. Illustrated by A.A. DIXON, H. COPPING, and others.
10 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>GLORIOUS BATTLES OF ENGLISH HISTORY</b>. By Major
C.H. WYLLY. With Foreword by Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Illustrated by HARRY PAYNE. 12 full-page colour plates. 144
pp.</p>
<p><b>THE WATER BABIES</b>. By CHARLES KINGSLEY. Abridged
Edition. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page
colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES</b>. Illustrated by MABEL
LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES</b>. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE
ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>ALICE IN WONDERLAND</b>. By LEWIS CARROLL.
Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL. 12 full-page colour
plates. 152pp.</p>
<p><b>MOTHER GOOSE</b>. Illustrated by MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL.
12 full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>ÆSOP'S FABLES</b>. Illustrated by EDWIN NOBLE. 12
full-page colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>CURLY HEADS AND LONG LEGS</b>. Stories by the Editor,
GRACE C. FLOYD, and others. Illustrated by HILDA COWHAM. 12
full-page colour plates. 144 pp.</p>
<p><b>GOLDEN LOCKS AND PRETTY FROCKS</b>. Stories by NORMAN
GALE, GRACE C. FLOYD, the Editor, and others. Illustrated
by AGNES RICHARDSON. 12 full-page colour plates. 144pp.</p>
<p><b>TINKER, TAILOR</b>. Stories by Captain EDRIC
VREDENBURG. Illustrated by Louis WAIN. 12 full-page colour
plates. 144pp.</p>
<p class="ctr"><i>Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd., London,
Paris, New York.</i><br/>
<i>Publishers by special appointment to Their Majesties
the King and Queen</i>.</p>
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