10 Children's Short Stories 2: Audio Edition : Selected Children's Short Stories
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· ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB
· ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
· BROTHER AND SISTER
· JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
· LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
· PINOCCHIO
· RAPUNZEL
· RUMPLESTILTSKIN
· THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
· THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
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10 Children's Short Stories 2
Timeless Collection of Children’s Short Stories
Narrated by
Matthew Rutledge and Erica Lee
Preface
These books aim, in brief, to make the home the most inspiring school, the most attractive place for pleasure, and to bring the best the world has to offer of adventure, heroism, achievement and beauty.
ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB
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A woodcutter lived with his wife in a small cottage not far from a great forest. They had seven children all boys; and the youngest was the smallest little fellow ever seen. He was called Tom Thumb. But though he was so small, he was far cleverer than any of his brothers, and he heard a great deal more than anybody ever imagined.
Just at this time there was a famine in the land, and the woodcutter and his wife became so poor that they could no longer give their boys enough to eat.
One night after the boys had gone to bed the husband sighing deeply, said We cannot feed our children any longer, and to see them starve before our eyes is more than I can bear. To-morrow morning, therefore, we will take them into the forest and leave them in the thickest part of it, so that they will not be able to find their way back.
His wife wept at the thought of leaving their children to perish in the forest; but she, too, thought it better than to see them die before her eyes. So she consented to her husband's plan.
But all this time Tom Thumb had been awake, and he had overheard all the conversation. He lay awake a long while thinking what to do. Then, slipping quietly out of bed, he ran down to the river and filled his pockets with small white pebbles from the river's brink.
In the morning the parents called the children, and, after giving them a crust of bread, they all set out for the wood. Tom Thumb did not say a word to his brothers of what he had overheard; but, lingering behind, he dropped the pebbles from his pocket one by one, as they walked, so that he should be able to find his way home. When they reached a very thick part of the forest, the father and mother told the children to wait while they went a little farther to cut wood, but as soon as they were out of sight they turned and went home by another way.
When darkness fell, the children began to realize that they were deserted, and they began to cry loudly. Tom Thumb, however, did not cry.
Do not weep, my brothers,
he said encouragingly. Only wait until the morning rises, and we shall soon be able to find our way home.
When at length the moon rose, it shone down upon the white pebbles which Tom Thumb had scattered; and, following this path, the children soon reached their father's house.
But at first they were afraid to go in, and waited outside the door to hear what their parents were talking about.
Now, it happened that when the father and mother reached home, they found a rich gentleman had sent them ten crowns, in payment for work which had been done long before. The wife went out at once and bought bread and meat, and she and her husband sat down to make a hearty meal. But the mother could not forget her little ones; and at last she cried to her husband:
Alas! where are our poor children? How they would have enjoyed this good feast!
The children, listening at the door, heard this and cried out, Here we are, mother; here we are!
and, overjoyed, the mother flew to let them in and kissed them all round.
Their parents were delighted to have their little ones with them again; but soon the ten crowns were spent, and they found themselves as badly off as before. Once more they agreed to leave the children in the forest, and once again Tom Thumb overheard them. This time he did not trouble himself very much; he thought it would be easy for him to do as he had done before. He got up very early the next morning to go and get the pebbles; but, to his dismay, he found the house door securely locked. Then, indeed, he did not know what to do, and for a little while he was in great distress. However, at breakfast the mother gave each of the children a slice of bread, and Tom Thumb thought he would manage to make his piece of bread do as well as the pebbles, by breaking it up and dropping the crumbs as he went.
This time the father and mother took the