diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | .gitattributes | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-0.txt | 357 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/11092-h.htm | 573 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/cover.jpg | bin | 0 -> 562047 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt002.jpg | bin | 0 -> 57619 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt003.jpg | bin | 0 -> 66832 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt004.jpg | bin | 0 -> 149645 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt005.jpg | bin | 0 -> 71150 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt006.jpg | bin | 0 -> 38569 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt007.jpg | bin | 0 -> 55878 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt008.jpg | bin | 0 -> 33202 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt009.jpg | bin | 0 -> 69085 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt010.jpg | bin | 0 -> 78663 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt011.jpg | bin | 0 -> 107465 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt012.jpg | bin | 0 -> 54905 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt013.jpg | bin | 0 -> 72955 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt014.jpg | bin | 0 -> 60648 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt015.jpg | bin | 0 -> 88512 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt016.jpg | bin | 0 -> 102536 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt017.jpg | bin | 0 -> 87639 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt018.jpg | bin | 0 -> 168873 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt019.jpg | bin | 0 -> 227014 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt020.jpg | bin | 0 -> 182473 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt021.jpg | bin | 0 -> 186925 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt022.jpg | bin | 0 -> 229531 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt023.jpg | bin | 0 -> 181943 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt024.jpg | bin | 0 -> 171610 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt025.jpg | bin | 0 -> 172080 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt026.jpg | bin | 0 -> 143737 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 11092-h/images/tt030.jpg | bin | 0 -> 25949 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | LICENSE.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-0.txt | 734 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-0.zip | bin | 0 -> 12920 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h.zip | bin | 0 -> 3459113 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/11092-h.htm | 1031 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/cover.jpg | bin | 0 -> 562047 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg | bin | 0 -> 57619 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg | bin | 0 -> 66832 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg | bin | 0 -> 149645 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg | bin | 0 -> 71150 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg | bin | 0 -> 38569 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg | bin | 0 -> 55878 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg | bin | 0 -> 33202 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg | bin | 0 -> 69085 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg | bin | 0 -> 78663 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg | bin | 0 -> 107465 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg | bin | 0 -> 54905 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg | bin | 0 -> 72955 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg | bin | 0 -> 60648 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg | bin | 0 -> 88512 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg | bin | 0 -> 102536 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg | bin | 0 -> 87639 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg | bin | 0 -> 168873 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg | bin | 0 -> 227014 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg | bin | 0 -> 182473 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg | bin | 0 -> 186925 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg | bin | 0 -> 229531 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg | bin | 0 -> 181943 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg | bin | 0 -> 171610 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg | bin | 0 -> 172080 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg | bin | 0 -> 143737 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg | bin | 0 -> 25949 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/old/11092.txt | 770 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/old/11092.zip | bin | 0 -> 13536 bytes |
65 files changed, 3481 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/11092-0.txt b/11092-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b9c51c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,357 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11092 *** + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB +_AND OTHER STORIES_ + +[Illustration] + +_Profusely Illustrated_ + +CHICAGO +M. A. DONOHUE & CO. + + + + +THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB + + +In the days of King Arthur, Merlin, the famous enchanter, was out on a +journey, and stopped one day at the cottage of an honest ploughman to +ask for refreshment. The ploughman’s wife brought him some milk in a +wooden bowl, and some brown bread on a wooden platter. + +Merlin could not help observing that, although everything within the +cottage was particularly neat and in good order, the ploughman and his +wife had the most sorrowful air, so he questioned them about the cause +of their distress, and learned that they were miserable because they +had no children. The poor woman declared that she would be the happiest +creature in the world if she had but a son, although he were no bigger +than his father’s thumb. Merlin was very much amused at the thought of +a boy no bigger than a man’s thumb; and as soon as he returned home he +sent for the Queen of the Fairies and related to her the desire of the +ploughman and his wife to have a son the size of his father’s thumb. + +[Illustration] + +The Queen of the Fairies promised that their wish should be granted. +And so it happened one day that the ploughman’s wife had a son exactly +of the size of his father’s thumb. While the mother was sitting up in +bed, admiring the child, the Queen of the Fairies appeared, and kissed +the infant, giving it the name of Tom Thumb, and summoned several +fairies to clothe her little favorite. + +Tom never grew any bigger; but, as he grew older, he became very +cunning and sly, which his mother did not sufficiently correct him for; +so that, when he was old enough to play with the boys for +cherry-stones, and had lost all his own, he used to creep into the +other boys’ bags, fill his pockets, and come out again to play. But one +day, as he was getting out of a bag of cherry-stones, the boy to whom +it belonged chanced to see him. + +[Illustration] + +“Ah, ah! my little Tom Thumb,” said the boy, “have I caught you at your +bad tricks at last? Now I will pay you off well for thieving.” + +Then drawing the string tight round his neck, and shaking the bag +heartily, the cherry stones bruised Tom’s limbs and body sadly, which +made him beg to be let out, and promise never to be guilty of such +doings any more. + +Shortly afterwards Tom’s mother was making a batter pudding, and, that +he might see how she mixed it, he climbed up to the edge of the bowl, +but his foot happening to slip he fell over head and ears into the +batter, and his mother not observing him, stirred him into the pudding +and popped it all into the pot to boil. The hot water made Tom kick and +struggle; and his mother, seeing the pudding jump up and down, thought +it was bewitched. A tinker was going by just at the time, so she gave +him the pudding, and he put it into his budget and walked away. As soon +as Tom could get the batter out of his mouth he began to cry aloud; +this so frightened the poor tinker that he flung the pudding over the +hedge. The pudding being broken by the fall Tom was released, and +walked home to his mother, who gave him a kiss and put him to bed. + +Tom Thumb’s mother once took him with her when she went to milk the +cow; it being a very windy day, she tied him with a needleful of thread +to a thistle. The cow, liking his oak-leaf hat, took him and the +thistle up at one mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle, Tom, +terrified at her great teeth, cried out, “Mother! mother!” + +[Illustration] + +“Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?” said the mother. + +“Here, mother; here in the red cow’s mouth.” + +The mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised at +such odd noises in her throat, opened her mouth and let him drop out. +His mother clapped him into her apron and ran home with him. + +[Illustration] + +Tom’s father made him a whip of barley-straw to drive the cattle with, +and one day in the field Tom slipped into a deep furrow. A raven flying +over picked him up with a grain of corn, and flew with him to the top +of the giant’s castle by the seaside, where he left him. Old Grumbo, +the giant, came out soon afterwards, to walk upon his terrace, and Tom, +frightened out of his wits, managed to creep up his sleeve. Tom’s +motions made the giant uncomfortable, and with a jerk of his arm, he +threw him into the sea. A great fish then swallowed him. The fish was +soon after caught, and sent as a present to King Arthur. When it was +cut open, everybody was delighted with little Tom Thumb, who was found +inside. He became the favorite of the whole court, and by his merry +pranks often amused the King and Queen. + +[Illustration] + +The King, when he rode on horseback, frequently took Tom in his hand; +and if a shower of rain came on, the tiny dwarf used to creep into the +King’s waistcoat pocket and sleep till the rain was over. The King now +questioned him concerning his parents; and when Tom informed his +majesty they were very poor people, the King led him into his treasury, +and told him he should pay them a visit and take with him as much money +as he could carry. + +[Illustration] + +Tom soon got rested at his mother’s house, but could not travel because +it had rained; his mother therefore took him in her hand and carried +him back to King Arthur’s court. There Tom entertained the King and +Queen and nobility at tilts and tournaments, at which he exerted +himself so much that he brought on a fit of sickness. At this juncture +the Queen of the Fairies came in a chariot drawn by flying mice, and +placing Tom by her side she drove through the air till they arrived at +her palace. After restoring him to health, the Queen commanded a fair +wind, and, placing Tom before it, blew him straight back to the court +of King Arthur. But just as Tom should have alighted in the courtyard, +the cook happened to pass with the King’s great bowl of his favorite +dish, furmenty, and poor Tom fell plump into the middle of it, and +splashed the hot furmenty into the cook’s eyes. Down went the bowl. +“Oh, dear,” cried Tom. “Murder! murder!” bellowed the cook; and away +ran the King’s nice furmenty into the kennel. The cook was a cross +fellow and swore to the King that Tom had done it out of some evil +design; so he was tried for high treason and sentenced to be beheaded. +When the judge delivered this dreadful sentence it happened that a +miller was standing by with his mouth wide open, so Tom took a good +spring and jumped down his throat, unperceived by all, even by the +miller himself. + +As Tom could not be found the court broke up, and away went the miller +to his mill. But Tom did not leave him long at rest, he began to roll +and tumble about, so that the miller thought himself bewitched, and +sent for a doctor. When the doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing. +The doctor was as much frightened as the miller, and sent in great +haste for five more doctors. + +[Illustration] + +While all these were talking the miller began to yawn, and Tom, taking +the opportunity, made another bold jump and alighted on his feet in the +middle of the table. The miller, provoked to be thus tormented by such +a little creature, caught hold of Tom and threw him out of the window +into the river. A large salmon swimming by snapped him up in a moment. + +The salmon was soon caught and sold in the market to the steward of a +great lord. The grandee, thinking it an uncommonly fine fish, made a +present of it to the King, who ordered it to be dressed immediately. +When the cook cut open the salmon he found poor Tom inside, and ran +with him directly to the King; but the King being busy, desired that he +might be brought another day. + +[Illustration] + +The cook was resolved to keep him safely this time, so clapped him into +a mouse-trap. There he was shut up for a whole week, when the King sent +for him, forgave him for throwing down the furmenty, and ordered him +new clothes, gave him a spirited mouse for a hunter, and knighted him. + +Thus dressed and mounted, he rode a hunting with the King and nobility. + +[Illustration] + +As they were riding by a farmhouse one day, a cat jumped from behind +the door, seized the mouse and little Tom, ran off with them both, and +was just going to devour the mouse when Tom boldly drew his sword and +attacked the cat with great spirit. The King and his nobles, seeing Tom +in danger, went to his assistance, and one of the lords bravely saved +him just in time, but poor Tom was sadly scratched by the claws of the +cat. + +[Illustration] + +The Queen of the Fairies came and took him again to Fairyland, where +she kept him some years; after which, dressing him in bright green, she +sent him flying once more through the air to the earth. King Thunstone +now reigned in the place of King Arthur. The people flocked far and +near to look at Tom Thumb, and the King, before whom he was carried, +asked him who he was and where he lived. Tom answered: + + “My name is Tom Thumb, + From the fairies I come; + When King Arthur shone, + This court was my home. + In me he delighted, + By him I was knighted. + Did you ever hear of + Sir Thomas Thumb? + +The King was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little +chair to be made, and also a palace of gold a span high, with a door an +inch wide, for little Tom to live in. He also gave him a coach, drawn +by six small mice. This made the Queen angry, because she had not a new +coach too; therefore, resolving to ruin Tom, she complained to the King +that he had behaved very insolently to her. The King sent for him in a +rage. Tom, to escape his fury, crept into a large, empty snail-shell, +and there lay for some time, when, peeping out of the shell, he saw a +fine butterfly on the ground. He ventured forth and got astride the +butterfly, which took wing, and mounted into the air with little Tom on +his back. Away he flew straight to the King’s court. + +[Illustration] + +The King, Queen, and nobles all strove to catch the butterfly. At +length poor Tom slipped from his seat, and fell into a sweet dish +called white-pot, where he was found, almost drowned. The Queen vowed +he should be punished, and he was secured once more in a mouse-trap, +when the cat, seeing something stir, and supposing it to be a mouse, +patted the trap about till she broke it and set Tom at liberty. + +[Illustration] + +Soon afterwards a spider, taking poor Tom for a big fly, made a spring +at him. Tom drew his sword and fought valiantly, but the spider’s +poisonous breath overcame him. + +King Thunstone and his whole court went into mourning for little Tom +Thumb. They buried him under a rose-bush, and raised a nice, white +marble monument over his grave. + + + + +[Illustration] THE LION AND THE FOX + +THE LION AND THE FOX + + +There was once a fox who had never seen a lion; and so, when he saw a +lion for the first time, this fox was so scared that he did not know +what to do. + +The lion did him no harm: and the fox crept off out of the way, and ran +to his hole, and there hid. He stayed in his hole a long while, until +he found he must go in search of food, and then he crept out. + + + + +[Illustration] + + +Ella and May are the girls you see on this page. Ella is older than +May, and can read, but May cannot. + +But Ella is kind, and will read to May a long time, if May will do as +she is bid, and sit still on her lap. + +And Ella will show May how to read herself. + + + + +[Illustration] + + +In a country called Holland, storks are very kindly treated, for so +many frogs live in the marshes there, that if the storks did not eat +them, the people would hardly know what to do. The storks are very +clever at catching the poor froggies; they snatch them up in their long +bills, and go flying off, with their great wings spread and their long +legs stretched out behind them, carrying off two or three at once. + + + + +CATCHING BLACKBIRDS. + + +Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could +go. “What are you doing there?” said a man who was passing along. + +[Illustration] + +“Catching blackbirds?” said Willie. “Have you caught any?” said the +man. + +“No, not yet,” said Willie. “But grandpa is going to give me five +dollars when I catch one. He wants one.” + +Willie’s grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, “You catch me a +blackbird, and I will give you five dollars.” He said it just out of +fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it. + + + + +[Illustration] + +THE DOG. + + +Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad. +My dog bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip and +ran off. Tom and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but the +sun was so hot we did not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun. + + + + +A LETTER TO FRANK. + + +[Illustration] + +DEAR FRANK,—One day a rabbit came out of the woods to see if he could +find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to catch him. He ran +under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and so got +clear. + +[Illustration] + +I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does. When she goes +for a drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle +with her horns, and pumps the water. + +[Illustration] + +While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy +with a little dog came in to wait also. The poor dog was afraid, and +tried very hard to get away; but the boy held him fast by a stout +string. + +[Illustration] + +There is one very selfish little chicken in my barn. When the other +chickens are just going to sleep, this selfish little chick pecks them, +and drives them down from the roost. He is very naughty, and wants the +roost all to himself. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11092 *** diff --git a/11092-h/11092-h.htm b/11092-h/11092-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b553dc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/11092-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,573 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> +<title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories</title> +<link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" /> +<style type="text/css"> + +body { margin-left: 20%; + margin-right: 20%; + text-align: justify; } + +h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-weight: +normal; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em;} + +h1 {font-size: 300%; + margin-top: 0.6em; + margin-bottom: 0.6em; + letter-spacing: 0.12em; + word-spacing: 0.2em; + text-indent: 0em;} +h2 {font-size: 150%; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 1em;} +h3 {font-size: 130%; margin-top: 1em;} +h4 {font-size: 120%;} +h5 {font-size: 110%;} + +div.chapter {page-break-before: always; margin-top: 4em;} + +hr {width: 80%; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em;} + +p {text-indent: 1em; + margin-top: 0.25em; + margin-bottom: 0.25em; } + +p.poem {text-indent: 0%; + margin-left: 10%; + font-size: 90%; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em; } + +p.center {text-align: center; + text-indent: 0em; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em; } + +div.fig { display:block; + margin:0 auto; + text-align:center; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em;} + +p.caption {font-weight: bold; + text-align: center; } + +a:link {color:blue; text-decoration:none} +a:visited {color:blue; text-decoration:none} +a:hover {color:red} + +</style> + +</head> + +<body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11092 ***</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:65%;"> +<img src="images/cover.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt002.jpg" width="383" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt003.jpg" width="383" height="565" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt004.jpg" width="356" height="400" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<h1>THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB<br /> +<i>AND OTHER STORIES</i></h1> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt005.jpg" width="230" height="160" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<h2><i>Profusely Illustrated</i></h2> + +<p class="center"> +CHICAGO<br /> +M. A. DONOHUE & CO. +</p> + +<hr /> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h2>THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB</h2> + +<p> +In the days of King Arthur, Merlin, the famous enchanter, was out on a journey, +and stopped one day at the cottage of an honest ploughman to ask for +refreshment. The ploughman’s wife brought him some milk in a wooden bowl, +and some brown bread on a wooden platter. +</p> + +<p> +Merlin could not help observing that, although everything within the cottage +was particularly neat and in good order, the ploughman and his wife had the +most sorrowful air, so he questioned them about the cause of their distress, +and learned that they were miserable because they had no children. The poor +woman declared that she would be the happiest creature in the world if she had +but a son, although he were no bigger than his father’s thumb. Merlin was +very much amused at the thought of a boy no bigger than a man’s thumb; +and as soon as he returned home he sent for the Queen of the Fairies and +related to her the desire of the ploughman and his wife to have a son the size +of his father’s thumb. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt006.jpg" width="480" height="330" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The Queen of the Fairies promised that their wish should be granted. And so it +happened one day that the ploughman’s wife had a son exactly of the size +of his father’s thumb. While the mother was sitting up in bed, admiring +the child, the Queen of the Fairies appeared, and kissed the infant, giving it +the name of Tom Thumb, and summoned several fairies to clothe her little +favorite. +</p> + +<p> +Tom never grew any bigger; but, as he grew older, he became very cunning and +sly, which his mother did not sufficiently correct him for; so that, when he +was old enough to play with the boys for cherry-stones, and had lost all his +own, he used to creep into the other boys’ bags, fill his pockets, and +come out again to play. But one day, as he was getting out of a bag of +cherry-stones, the boy to whom it belonged chanced to see him. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt007.jpg" width="480px" height="480px" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +“Ah, ah! my little Tom Thumb,” said the boy, “have I caught +you at your bad tricks at last? Now I will pay you off well for +thieving.” +</p> + +<p> +Then drawing the string tight round his neck, and shaking the bag heartily, the +cherry stones bruised Tom’s limbs and body sadly, which made him beg to +be let out, and promise never to be guilty of such doings any more. +</p> + +<p> +Shortly afterwards Tom’s mother was making a batter pudding, and, that he +might see how she mixed it, he climbed up to the edge of the bowl, but his foot +happening to slip he fell over head and ears into the batter, and his mother +not observing him, stirred him into the pudding and popped it all into the pot +to boil. The hot water made Tom kick and struggle; and his mother, seeing the +pudding jump up and down, thought it was bewitched. A tinker was going by just +at the time, so she gave him the pudding, and he put it into his budget and +walked away. As soon as Tom could get the batter out of his mouth he began to +cry aloud; this so frightened the poor tinker that he flung the pudding over +the hedge. The pudding being broken by the fall Tom was released, and walked +home to his mother, who gave him a kiss and put him to bed. +</p> + +<p> +Tom Thumb’s mother once took him with her when she went to milk the cow; +it being a very windy day, she tied him with a needleful of thread to a +thistle. The cow, liking his oak-leaf hat, took him and the thistle up at one +mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle, Tom, terrified at her great +teeth, cried out, “Mother! mother!” +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt008.jpg" width="480px" height="332px" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +“Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?” said the mother. +</p> + +<p> +“Here, mother; here in the red cow’s mouth.” +</p> + +<p> +The mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised at such odd +noises in her throat, opened her mouth and let him drop out. His mother clapped +him into her apron and ran home with him. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt009.jpg" width="368" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Tom’s father made him a whip of barley-straw to drive the cattle with, +and one day in the field Tom slipped into a deep furrow. A raven flying over +picked him up with a grain of corn, and flew with him to the top of the +giant’s castle by the seaside, where he left him. Old Grumbo, the giant, +came out soon afterwards, to walk upon his terrace, and Tom, frightened out of +his wits, managed to creep up his sleeve. Tom’s motions made the giant +uncomfortable, and with a jerk of his arm, he threw him into the sea. A great +fish then swallowed him. The fish was soon after caught, and sent as a present +to King Arthur. When it was cut open, everybody was delighted with little Tom +Thumb, who was found inside. He became the favorite of the whole court, and by +his merry pranks often amused the King and Queen. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt010.jpg" width="391" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The King, when he rode on horseback, frequently took Tom in his hand; and if a +shower of rain came on, the tiny dwarf used to creep into the King’s +waistcoat pocket and sleep till the rain was over. The King now questioned him +concerning his parents; and when Tom informed his majesty they were very poor +people, the King led him into his treasury, and told him he should pay them a +visit and take with him as much money as he could carry. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt011.jpg" width="398" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Tom soon got rested at his mother’s house, but could not travel because +it had rained; his mother therefore took him in her hand and carried him back +to King Arthur’s court. There Tom entertained the King and Queen and +nobility at tilts and tournaments, at which he exerted himself so much that he +brought on a fit of sickness. At this juncture the Queen of the Fairies came in +a chariot drawn by flying mice, and placing Tom by her side she drove through +the air till they arrived at her palace. After restoring him to health, the +Queen commanded a fair wind, and, placing Tom before it, blew him straight back +to the court of King Arthur. But just as Tom should have alighted in the +courtyard, the cook happened to pass with the King’s great bowl of his +favorite dish, furmenty, and poor Tom fell plump into the middle of it, and +splashed the hot furmenty into the cook’s eyes. Down went the bowl. +“Oh, dear,” cried Tom. “Murder! murder!” bellowed the +cook; and away ran the King’s nice furmenty into the kennel. The cook was +a cross fellow and swore to the King that Tom had done it out of some evil +design; so he was tried for high treason and sentenced to be beheaded. When the +judge delivered this dreadful sentence it happened that a miller was standing +by with his mouth wide open, so Tom took a good spring and jumped down his +throat, unperceived by all, even by the miller himself. +</p> + +<p> +As Tom could not be found the court broke up, and away went the miller to his +mill. But Tom did not leave him long at rest, he began to roll and tumble +about, so that the miller thought himself bewitched, and sent for a doctor. +When the doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing. The doctor was as much +frightened as the miller, and sent in great haste for five more doctors. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt012.jpg" width="512" height="366" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +While all these were talking the miller began to yawn, and Tom, taking the +opportunity, made another bold jump and alighted on his feet in the middle of +the table. The miller, provoked to be thus tormented by such a little creature, +caught hold of Tom and threw him out of the window into the river. A large +salmon swimming by snapped him up in a moment. +</p> + +<p> +The salmon was soon caught and sold in the market to the steward of a great +lord. The grandee, thinking it an uncommonly fine fish, made a present of it to +the King, who ordered it to be dressed immediately. When the cook cut open the +salmon he found poor Tom inside, and ran with him directly to the King; but the +King being busy, desired that he might be brought another day. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt013.jpg" width="396" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The cook was resolved to keep him safely this time, so clapped him into a +mouse-trap. There he was shut up for a whole week, when the King sent for him, +forgave him for throwing down the furmenty, and ordered him new clothes, gave +him a spirited mouse for a hunter, and knighted him. +</p> + +<p> +Thus dressed and mounted, he rode a hunting with the King and nobility. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt014.jpg" width="513" height="377" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +As they were riding by a farmhouse one day, a cat jumped from behind the door, +seized the mouse and little Tom, ran off with them both, and was just going to +devour the mouse when Tom boldly drew his sword and attacked the cat with great +spirit. The King and his nobles, seeing Tom in danger, went to his assistance, +and one of the lords bravely saved him just in time, but poor Tom was sadly +scratched by the claws of the cat. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt015.jpg" width="414" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The Queen of the Fairies came and took him again to Fairyland, where she kept +him some years; after which, dressing him in bright green, she sent him flying +once more through the air to the earth. King Thunstone now reigned in the place +of King Arthur. The people flocked far and near to look at Tom Thumb, and the +King, before whom he was carried, asked him who he was and where he lived. Tom +answered: +</p> + +<p class="poem"> +“My name is Tom Thumb,<br /> +From the fairies I come;<br /> +When King Arthur shone,<br /> +This court was my home.<br /> +In me he delighted,<br /> +By him I was knighted.<br /> +Did you ever hear of<br /> +Sir Thomas Thumb? +</p> + +<p> +The King was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little chair to be +made, and also a palace of gold a span high, with a door an inch wide, for +little Tom to live in. He also gave him a coach, drawn by six small mice. This +made the Queen angry, because she had not a new coach too; therefore, resolving +to ruin Tom, she complained to the King that he had behaved very insolently to +her. The King sent for him in a rage. Tom, to escape his fury, crept into a +large, empty snail-shell, and there lay for some time, when, peeping out of the +shell, he saw a fine butterfly on the ground. He ventured forth and got astride +the butterfly, which took wing, and mounted into the air with little Tom on his +back. Away he flew straight to the King’s court. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt016.jpg" width="396" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The King, Queen, and nobles all strove to catch the butterfly. At length poor +Tom slipped from his seat, and fell into a sweet dish called white-pot, where +he was found, almost drowned. The Queen vowed he should be punished, and he was +secured once more in a mouse-trap, when the cat, seeing something stir, and +supposing it to be a mouse, patted the trap about till she broke it and set Tom +at liberty. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt017.jpg" width="441" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Soon afterwards a spider, taking poor Tom for a big fly, made a spring at him. +Tom drew his sword and fought valiantly, but the spider’s poisonous +breath overcame him. +</p> + +<p> +King Thunstone and his whole court went into mourning for little Tom Thumb. +They buried him under a rose-bush, and raised a nice, white marble monument +over his grave. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt018.jpg" width="300" height="226" alt="[Illustration]" /> +<p class="caption">THE LION AND THE FOX</p> +</div> + +<h2>THE LION AND THE FOX</h2> + +<p> +There was once a fox who had never seen a lion; and so, when he saw a lion for +the first time, this fox was so scared that he did not know what to do. +</p> + +<p> +The lion did him no harm: and the fox crept off out of the way, and ran to his +hole, and there hid. He stayed in his hole a long while, until he found he must +go in search of food, and then he crept out. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt019.jpg" width="300" height="298" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Ella and May are the girls you see on this page. Ella is older than May, and +can read, but May cannot. +</p> + +<p> +But Ella is kind, and will read to May a long time, if May will do as she is +bid, and sit still on her lap. +</p> + +<p> +And Ella will show May how to read herself. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt020.jpg" width="300" height="223" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +In a country called Holland, storks are very kindly treated, for so many frogs +live in the marshes there, that if the storks did not eat them, the people +would hardly know what to do. The storks are very clever at catching the poor +froggies; they snatch them up in their long bills, and go flying off, with +their great wings spread and their long legs stretched out behind them, +carrying off two or three at once. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h2>CATCHING BLACKBIRDS.</h2> + +<p> +Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could go. +“What are you doing there?” said a man who was passing along. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt021.jpg" width="300" height="175" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +“Catching blackbirds?” said Willie. “Have you caught +any?” said the man. +</p> + +<p> +“No, not yet,” said Willie. “But grandpa is going to give me +five dollars when I catch one. He wants one.” +</p> + +<p> +Willie’s grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, “You catch +me a blackbird, and I will give you five dollars.” He said it just out of +fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt022.jpg" width="400" height="322" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE DOG.</h2> + +<p> +Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad. My dog +bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip and ran off. Tom +and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but the sun was so hot we did +not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h2>A LETTER TO FRANK.</h2> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt023.jpg" width="300" height="221" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +D<small>EAR</small> F<small>RANK</small>,—One day a rabbit came out of +the woods to see if he could find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to +catch him. He ran under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and +so got clear. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt024.jpg" width="300" height="218" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does. When she goes for a +drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle with her horns, +and pumps the water. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt025.jpg" width="300" height="222" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy with a +little dog came in to wait also. The poor dog was afraid, and tried very hard +to get away; but the boy held him fast by a stout string. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt026.jpg" width="300" height="217" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +There is one very selfish little chicken in my barn. When the other chickens +are just going to sleep, this selfish little chick pecks them, and drives them +down from the roost. He is very naughty, and wants the roost all to himself. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt002.jpg" width="383" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt003.jpg" width="383" height="565" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt030.jpg" width="400" height="519" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11092 ***</div> +</body> + +</html> + + diff --git a/11092-h/images/cover.jpg b/11092-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..88d2dff --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/cover.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b29eea --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d1a13e --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3a06f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d407c72 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f28a23 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..102edc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bb6496 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..dda691d --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ad2c8d --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9f5727 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..49912be --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d99c9b --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce43118 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..52a5358 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd72561 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..35370aa --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbe1338 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ed82e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..638fc26 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e832b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fde17b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca66ad2 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c07fde7 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c641ff --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..99ad10c --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg diff --git a/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg b/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..62d2765 --- /dev/null +++ b/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6312041 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +This eBook, including all associated images, markup, improvements, +metadata, and any other content or labor, has been confirmed to be +in the PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. + +Procedures for determining public domain status are described in +the "Copyright How-To" at https://www.gutenberg.org. + +No investigation has been made concerning possible copyrights in +jurisdictions other than the United States. Anyone seeking to utilize +this eBook outside of the United States should confirm copyright +status under the laws that apply to them. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a7d0238 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org) public repository for +eBook #11092 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11092) diff --git a/old/11092-0.txt b/old/11092-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc9ebb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,734 @@ +The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories, by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and +most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions +whatsoever. 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. If you are not located in the United States, you +will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before +using this eBook. + +Title: The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories + +Author: Anonymous + +Release Date: February 15, 2004 [eBook #11092] +[Most recently updated: February 26, 2021] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +Produced by: The Internet Archive Children's Library, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team + +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB *** + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB +_AND OTHER STORIES_ + +[Illustration] + +_Profusely Illustrated_ + +CHICAGO +M. A. DONOHUE & CO. + + + + +THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB + + +In the days of King Arthur, Merlin, the famous enchanter, was out on a +journey, and stopped one day at the cottage of an honest ploughman to +ask for refreshment. The ploughman’s wife brought him some milk in a +wooden bowl, and some brown bread on a wooden platter. + +Merlin could not help observing that, although everything within the +cottage was particularly neat and in good order, the ploughman and his +wife had the most sorrowful air, so he questioned them about the cause +of their distress, and learned that they were miserable because they +had no children. The poor woman declared that she would be the happiest +creature in the world if she had but a son, although he were no bigger +than his father’s thumb. Merlin was very much amused at the thought of +a boy no bigger than a man’s thumb; and as soon as he returned home he +sent for the Queen of the Fairies and related to her the desire of the +ploughman and his wife to have a son the size of his father’s thumb. + +[Illustration] + +The Queen of the Fairies promised that their wish should be granted. +And so it happened one day that the ploughman’s wife had a son exactly +of the size of his father’s thumb. While the mother was sitting up in +bed, admiring the child, the Queen of the Fairies appeared, and kissed +the infant, giving it the name of Tom Thumb, and summoned several +fairies to clothe her little favorite. + +Tom never grew any bigger; but, as he grew older, he became very +cunning and sly, which his mother did not sufficiently correct him for; +so that, when he was old enough to play with the boys for +cherry-stones, and had lost all his own, he used to creep into the +other boys’ bags, fill his pockets, and come out again to play. But one +day, as he was getting out of a bag of cherry-stones, the boy to whom +it belonged chanced to see him. + +[Illustration] + +“Ah, ah! my little Tom Thumb,” said the boy, “have I caught you at your +bad tricks at last? Now I will pay you off well for thieving.” + +Then drawing the string tight round his neck, and shaking the bag +heartily, the cherry stones bruised Tom’s limbs and body sadly, which +made him beg to be let out, and promise never to be guilty of such +doings any more. + +Shortly afterwards Tom’s mother was making a batter pudding, and, that +he might see how she mixed it, he climbed up to the edge of the bowl, +but his foot happening to slip he fell over head and ears into the +batter, and his mother not observing him, stirred him into the pudding +and popped it all into the pot to boil. The hot water made Tom kick and +struggle; and his mother, seeing the pudding jump up and down, thought +it was bewitched. A tinker was going by just at the time, so she gave +him the pudding, and he put it into his budget and walked away. As soon +as Tom could get the batter out of his mouth he began to cry aloud; +this so frightened the poor tinker that he flung the pudding over the +hedge. The pudding being broken by the fall Tom was released, and +walked home to his mother, who gave him a kiss and put him to bed. + +Tom Thumb’s mother once took him with her when she went to milk the +cow; it being a very windy day, she tied him with a needleful of thread +to a thistle. The cow, liking his oak-leaf hat, took him and the +thistle up at one mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle, Tom, +terrified at her great teeth, cried out, “Mother! mother!” + +[Illustration] + +“Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?” said the mother. + +“Here, mother; here in the red cow’s mouth.” + +The mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised at +such odd noises in her throat, opened her mouth and let him drop out. +His mother clapped him into her apron and ran home with him. + +[Illustration] + +Tom’s father made him a whip of barley-straw to drive the cattle with, +and one day in the field Tom slipped into a deep furrow. A raven flying +over picked him up with a grain of corn, and flew with him to the top +of the giant’s castle by the seaside, where he left him. Old Grumbo, +the giant, came out soon afterwards, to walk upon his terrace, and Tom, +frightened out of his wits, managed to creep up his sleeve. Tom’s +motions made the giant uncomfortable, and with a jerk of his arm, he +threw him into the sea. A great fish then swallowed him. The fish was +soon after caught, and sent as a present to King Arthur. When it was +cut open, everybody was delighted with little Tom Thumb, who was found +inside. He became the favorite of the whole court, and by his merry +pranks often amused the King and Queen. + +[Illustration] + +The King, when he rode on horseback, frequently took Tom in his hand; +and if a shower of rain came on, the tiny dwarf used to creep into the +King’s waistcoat pocket and sleep till the rain was over. The King now +questioned him concerning his parents; and when Tom informed his +majesty they were very poor people, the King led him into his treasury, +and told him he should pay them a visit and take with him as much money +as he could carry. + +[Illustration] + +Tom soon got rested at his mother’s house, but could not travel because +it had rained; his mother therefore took him in her hand and carried +him back to King Arthur’s court. There Tom entertained the King and +Queen and nobility at tilts and tournaments, at which he exerted +himself so much that he brought on a fit of sickness. At this juncture +the Queen of the Fairies came in a chariot drawn by flying mice, and +placing Tom by her side she drove through the air till they arrived at +her palace. After restoring him to health, the Queen commanded a fair +wind, and, placing Tom before it, blew him straight back to the court +of King Arthur. But just as Tom should have alighted in the courtyard, +the cook happened to pass with the King’s great bowl of his favorite +dish, furmenty, and poor Tom fell plump into the middle of it, and +splashed the hot furmenty into the cook’s eyes. Down went the bowl. +“Oh, dear,” cried Tom. “Murder! murder!” bellowed the cook; and away +ran the King’s nice furmenty into the kennel. The cook was a cross +fellow and swore to the King that Tom had done it out of some evil +design; so he was tried for high treason and sentenced to be beheaded. +When the judge delivered this dreadful sentence it happened that a +miller was standing by with his mouth wide open, so Tom took a good +spring and jumped down his throat, unperceived by all, even by the +miller himself. + +As Tom could not be found the court broke up, and away went the miller +to his mill. But Tom did not leave him long at rest, he began to roll +and tumble about, so that the miller thought himself bewitched, and +sent for a doctor. When the doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing. +The doctor was as much frightened as the miller, and sent in great +haste for five more doctors. + +[Illustration] + +While all these were talking the miller began to yawn, and Tom, taking +the opportunity, made another bold jump and alighted on his feet in the +middle of the table. The miller, provoked to be thus tormented by such +a little creature, caught hold of Tom and threw him out of the window +into the river. A large salmon swimming by snapped him up in a moment. + +The salmon was soon caught and sold in the market to the steward of a +great lord. The grandee, thinking it an uncommonly fine fish, made a +present of it to the King, who ordered it to be dressed immediately. +When the cook cut open the salmon he found poor Tom inside, and ran +with him directly to the King; but the King being busy, desired that he +might be brought another day. + +[Illustration] + +The cook was resolved to keep him safely this time, so clapped him into +a mouse-trap. There he was shut up for a whole week, when the King sent +for him, forgave him for throwing down the furmenty, and ordered him +new clothes, gave him a spirited mouse for a hunter, and knighted him. + +Thus dressed and mounted, he rode a hunting with the King and nobility. + +[Illustration] + +As they were riding by a farmhouse one day, a cat jumped from behind +the door, seized the mouse and little Tom, ran off with them both, and +was just going to devour the mouse when Tom boldly drew his sword and +attacked the cat with great spirit. The King and his nobles, seeing Tom +in danger, went to his assistance, and one of the lords bravely saved +him just in time, but poor Tom was sadly scratched by the claws of the +cat. + +[Illustration] + +The Queen of the Fairies came and took him again to Fairyland, where +she kept him some years; after which, dressing him in bright green, she +sent him flying once more through the air to the earth. King Thunstone +now reigned in the place of King Arthur. The people flocked far and +near to look at Tom Thumb, and the King, before whom he was carried, +asked him who he was and where he lived. Tom answered: + + “My name is Tom Thumb, + From the fairies I come; + When King Arthur shone, + This court was my home. + In me he delighted, + By him I was knighted. + Did you ever hear of + Sir Thomas Thumb? + +The King was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little +chair to be made, and also a palace of gold a span high, with a door an +inch wide, for little Tom to live in. He also gave him a coach, drawn +by six small mice. This made the Queen angry, because she had not a new +coach too; therefore, resolving to ruin Tom, she complained to the King +that he had behaved very insolently to her. The King sent for him in a +rage. Tom, to escape his fury, crept into a large, empty snail-shell, +and there lay for some time, when, peeping out of the shell, he saw a +fine butterfly on the ground. He ventured forth and got astride the +butterfly, which took wing, and mounted into the air with little Tom on +his back. Away he flew straight to the King’s court. + +[Illustration] + +The King, Queen, and nobles all strove to catch the butterfly. At +length poor Tom slipped from his seat, and fell into a sweet dish +called white-pot, where he was found, almost drowned. The Queen vowed +he should be punished, and he was secured once more in a mouse-trap, +when the cat, seeing something stir, and supposing it to be a mouse, +patted the trap about till she broke it and set Tom at liberty. + +[Illustration] + +Soon afterwards a spider, taking poor Tom for a big fly, made a spring +at him. Tom drew his sword and fought valiantly, but the spider’s +poisonous breath overcame him. + +King Thunstone and his whole court went into mourning for little Tom +Thumb. They buried him under a rose-bush, and raised a nice, white +marble monument over his grave. + + + + +[Illustration] THE LION AND THE FOX + +THE LION AND THE FOX + + +There was once a fox who had never seen a lion; and so, when he saw a +lion for the first time, this fox was so scared that he did not know +what to do. + +The lion did him no harm: and the fox crept off out of the way, and ran +to his hole, and there hid. He stayed in his hole a long while, until +he found he must go in search of food, and then he crept out. + + + + +[Illustration] + + +Ella and May are the girls you see on this page. Ella is older than +May, and can read, but May cannot. + +But Ella is kind, and will read to May a long time, if May will do as +she is bid, and sit still on her lap. + +And Ella will show May how to read herself. + + + + +[Illustration] + + +In a country called Holland, storks are very kindly treated, for so +many frogs live in the marshes there, that if the storks did not eat +them, the people would hardly know what to do. The storks are very +clever at catching the poor froggies; they snatch them up in their long +bills, and go flying off, with their great wings spread and their long +legs stretched out behind them, carrying off two or three at once. + + + + +CATCHING BLACKBIRDS. + + +Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could +go. “What are you doing there?” said a man who was passing along. + +[Illustration] + +“Catching blackbirds?” said Willie. “Have you caught any?” said the +man. + +“No, not yet,” said Willie. “But grandpa is going to give me five +dollars when I catch one. He wants one.” + +Willie’s grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, “You catch me a +blackbird, and I will give you five dollars.” He said it just out of +fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it. + + + + +[Illustration] + +THE DOG. + + +Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad. +My dog bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip and +ran off. Tom and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but the +sun was so hot we did not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun. + + + + +A LETTER TO FRANK. + + +[Illustration] + +DEAR FRANK,—One day a rabbit came out of the woods to see if he could +find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to catch him. He ran +under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and so got +clear. + +[Illustration] + +I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does. When she goes +for a drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle +with her horns, and pumps the water. + +[Illustration] + +While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy +with a little dog came in to wait also. The poor dog was afraid, and +tried very hard to get away; but the boy held him fast by a stout +string. + +[Illustration] + +There is one very selfish little chicken in my barn. When the other +chickens are just going to sleep, this selfish little chick pecks them, +and drives them down from the roost. He is very naughty, and wants the +roost all to himself. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB *** + +***** This file should be named 11092-0.txt or 11092-0.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/1/0/9/11092/ + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will +be renamed. + +Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright +law 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. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part +of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm +concept and trademark. Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, +and may not be used if you charge for an eBook, except by following +the terms of the trademark license, including paying royalties for use +of the Project Gutenberg trademark. If you do not charge anything for +copies of this eBook, complying with the trademark license is very +easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose such as creation +of derivative works, reports, performances and research. Project +Gutenberg eBooks may be modified and printed and given away--you may +do practically ANYTHING in the United States with eBooks not protected +by U.S. copyright law. Redistribution is subject to the trademark +license, especially commercial redistribution. + +START: FULL LICENSE + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full +Project Gutenberg-tm License available with this file or online at +www.gutenberg.org/license. + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or +destroy all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your +possession. If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a +Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound +by the terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the +person or entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph +1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this +agreement and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the +Foundation" or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection +of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual +works in the collection are in the public domain in the United +States. If an individual work is unprotected by copyright law in the +United States and you are located in the United States, we do not +claim a right to prevent you from copying, distributing, performing, +displaying or creating derivative works based on the work as long as +all references to Project Gutenberg are removed. Of course, we hope +that you will support the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting +free access to electronic works by freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm +works in compliance with the terms of this agreement for keeping the +Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with the work. You can easily +comply with the terms of this agreement by keeping this work in the +same format with its attached full Project Gutenberg-tm License when +you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are +in a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, +check the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this +agreement before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, +distributing or creating derivative works based on this work or any +other Project Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no +representations concerning the copyright status of any work in any +country other than the United States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other +immediate access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear +prominently whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work +on which the phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, +performed, viewed, copied or distributed: + + This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and + most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no + restrictions whatsoever. 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. If you are not located in the + United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where + you are located before using this eBook. + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is +derived from texts not protected by U.S. copyright law (does not +contain a notice indicating that it is posted with permission of the +copyright holder), the work can be copied and distributed to anyone in +the United States without paying any fees or charges. If you are +redistributing or providing access to a work with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the work, you must comply +either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 or +obtain permission for the use of the work and the Project Gutenberg-tm +trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any +additional terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms +will be linked to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works +posted with the permission of the copyright holder found at the +beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including +any word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access +to or distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format +other than "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official +version posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm website +(www.gutenberg.org), you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense +to the user, provide a copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means +of obtaining a copy upon request, of the work in its original "Plain +Vanilla ASCII" or other form. Any alternate format must include the +full Project Gutenberg-tm License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +provided that: + +* You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is owed + to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he has + agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the Project + Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments must be paid + within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are + legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns. Royalty + payments should be clearly marked as such and sent to the Project + Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the address specified in + Section 4, "Information about donations to the Project Gutenberg + Literary Archive Foundation." + +* You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or destroy all + copies of the works possessed in a physical medium and discontinue + all use of and all access to other copies of Project Gutenberg-tm + works. + +* You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of + any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of + receipt of the work. + +* You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work or group of works on different terms than +are set forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing +from the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the manager of +the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the Foundation as set +forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +works not protected by U.S. copyright law in creating the Project +Gutenberg-tm collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may +contain "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate +or corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other +intellectual property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or +other medium, a computer virus, or computer codes that damage or +cannot be read by your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1.F.3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium +with your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you +with the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in +lieu of a refund. If you received the work electronically, the person +or entity providing it to you may choose to give you a second +opportunity to receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If +the second copy is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing +without further opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS', WITH NO +OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT +LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of +damages. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement +violates the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the +agreement shall be interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or +limitation permitted by the applicable state law. The invalidity or +unenforceability of any provision of this agreement shall not void the +remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in +accordance with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the +production, promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works, harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, +including legal fees, that arise directly or indirectly from any of +the following which you do or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this +or any Project Gutenberg-tm work, (b) alteration, modification, or +additions or deletions to any Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any +Defect you cause. + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of +computers including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It +exists because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations +from people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need are critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future +generations. To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation and how your efforts and donations can help, see +Sections 3 and 4 and the Foundation information page at +www.gutenberg.org + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non-profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by +U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's business office is located at 809 North 1500 West, +Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887. Email contact links and up +to date contact information can be found at the Foundation's website +and official page at www.gutenberg.org/contact + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without +widespread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine-readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To SEND +DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any particular +state visit www.gutenberg.org/donate + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations. To +donate, please visit: www.gutenberg.org/donate + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works + +Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project +Gutenberg-tm concept of a library of electronic works that could be +freely shared with anyone. For forty years, he produced and +distributed Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of +volunteer support. + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as not protected by copyright in +the U.S. unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not +necessarily keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper +edition. + +Most people start at our website which has the main PG search +facility: www.gutenberg.org + +This website includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. + + diff --git a/old/11092-0.zip b/old/11092-0.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fd9393 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-0.zip diff --git a/old/11092-h.zip b/old/11092-h.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..f36d20e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h.zip diff --git a/old/11092-h/11092-h.htm b/old/11092-h/11092-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8be18b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/11092-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,1031 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> +<title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories</title> +<link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" /> +<style type="text/css"> + +body { margin-left: 20%; + margin-right: 20%; + text-align: justify; } + +h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-weight: +normal; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em;} + +h1 {font-size: 300%; + margin-top: 0.6em; + margin-bottom: 0.6em; + letter-spacing: 0.12em; + word-spacing: 0.2em; + text-indent: 0em;} +h2 {font-size: 150%; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 1em;} +h3 {font-size: 130%; margin-top: 1em;} +h4 {font-size: 120%;} +h5 {font-size: 110%;} + +div.chapter {page-break-before: always; margin-top: 4em;} + +hr {width: 80%; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em;} + +p {text-indent: 1em; + margin-top: 0.25em; + margin-bottom: 0.25em; } + +p.poem {text-indent: 0%; + margin-left: 10%; + font-size: 90%; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em; } + +p.center {text-align: center; + text-indent: 0em; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em; } + +div.fig { display:block; + margin:0 auto; + text-align:center; + margin-top: 1em; + margin-bottom: 1em;} + +p.caption {font-weight: bold; + text-align: center; } + +a:link {color:blue; text-decoration:none} +a:visited {color:blue; text-decoration:none} +a:hover {color:red} + +</style> + +</head> + +<body> + +<div style='text-align:center; font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;'>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories, by Anonymous</div> +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and +most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions +whatsoever. 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 <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you +are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the +country where you are located before using this eBook. +</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Anonymous</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Release Date: February 15, 2004 [eBook #11092]<br /> +[Most recently updated: February 27, 2021]</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> +<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Produced by: The Internet Archive Children's Library, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team</div> +<div style='margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB ***</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:65%;"> +<img src="images/cover.jpg" style="width:100%;" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt002.jpg" width="383" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt003.jpg" width="383" height="565" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt004.jpg" width="356" height="400" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<hr /> + +<h1>THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB<br /> +<i>AND OTHER STORIES</i></h1> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt005.jpg" width="230" height="160" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<h2><i>Profusely Illustrated</i></h2> + +<p class="center"> +CHICAGO<br /> +M. A. DONOHUE & CO. +</p> + +<hr /> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h2>THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB</h2> + +<p> +In the days of King Arthur, Merlin, the famous enchanter, was out on a journey, +and stopped one day at the cottage of an honest ploughman to ask for +refreshment. The ploughman’s wife brought him some milk in a wooden bowl, +and some brown bread on a wooden platter. +</p> + +<p> +Merlin could not help observing that, although everything within the cottage +was particularly neat and in good order, the ploughman and his wife had the +most sorrowful air, so he questioned them about the cause of their distress, +and learned that they were miserable because they had no children. The poor +woman declared that she would be the happiest creature in the world if she had +but a son, although he were no bigger than his father’s thumb. Merlin was +very much amused at the thought of a boy no bigger than a man’s thumb; +and as soon as he returned home he sent for the Queen of the Fairies and +related to her the desire of the ploughman and his wife to have a son the size +of his father’s thumb. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt006.jpg" width="480" height="330" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The Queen of the Fairies promised that their wish should be granted. And so it +happened one day that the ploughman’s wife had a son exactly of the size +of his father’s thumb. While the mother was sitting up in bed, admiring +the child, the Queen of the Fairies appeared, and kissed the infant, giving it +the name of Tom Thumb, and summoned several fairies to clothe her little +favorite. +</p> + +<p> +Tom never grew any bigger; but, as he grew older, he became very cunning and +sly, which his mother did not sufficiently correct him for; so that, when he +was old enough to play with the boys for cherry-stones, and had lost all his +own, he used to creep into the other boys’ bags, fill his pockets, and +come out again to play. But one day, as he was getting out of a bag of +cherry-stones, the boy to whom it belonged chanced to see him. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt007.jpg" width="480px" height="480px" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +“Ah, ah! my little Tom Thumb,” said the boy, “have I caught +you at your bad tricks at last? Now I will pay you off well for +thieving.” +</p> + +<p> +Then drawing the string tight round his neck, and shaking the bag heartily, the +cherry stones bruised Tom’s limbs and body sadly, which made him beg to +be let out, and promise never to be guilty of such doings any more. +</p> + +<p> +Shortly afterwards Tom’s mother was making a batter pudding, and, that he +might see how she mixed it, he climbed up to the edge of the bowl, but his foot +happening to slip he fell over head and ears into the batter, and his mother +not observing him, stirred him into the pudding and popped it all into the pot +to boil. The hot water made Tom kick and struggle; and his mother, seeing the +pudding jump up and down, thought it was bewitched. A tinker was going by just +at the time, so she gave him the pudding, and he put it into his budget and +walked away. As soon as Tom could get the batter out of his mouth he began to +cry aloud; this so frightened the poor tinker that he flung the pudding over +the hedge. The pudding being broken by the fall Tom was released, and walked +home to his mother, who gave him a kiss and put him to bed. +</p> + +<p> +Tom Thumb’s mother once took him with her when she went to milk the cow; +it being a very windy day, she tied him with a needleful of thread to a +thistle. The cow, liking his oak-leaf hat, took him and the thistle up at one +mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle, Tom, terrified at her great +teeth, cried out, “Mother! mother!” +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt008.jpg" width="480px" height="332px" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +“Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?” said the mother. +</p> + +<p> +“Here, mother; here in the red cow’s mouth.” +</p> + +<p> +The mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised at such odd +noises in her throat, opened her mouth and let him drop out. His mother clapped +him into her apron and ran home with him. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt009.jpg" width="368" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Tom’s father made him a whip of barley-straw to drive the cattle with, +and one day in the field Tom slipped into a deep furrow. A raven flying over +picked him up with a grain of corn, and flew with him to the top of the +giant’s castle by the seaside, where he left him. Old Grumbo, the giant, +came out soon afterwards, to walk upon his terrace, and Tom, frightened out of +his wits, managed to creep up his sleeve. Tom’s motions made the giant +uncomfortable, and with a jerk of his arm, he threw him into the sea. A great +fish then swallowed him. The fish was soon after caught, and sent as a present +to King Arthur. When it was cut open, everybody was delighted with little Tom +Thumb, who was found inside. He became the favorite of the whole court, and by +his merry pranks often amused the King and Queen. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt010.jpg" width="391" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The King, when he rode on horseback, frequently took Tom in his hand; and if a +shower of rain came on, the tiny dwarf used to creep into the King’s +waistcoat pocket and sleep till the rain was over. The King now questioned him +concerning his parents; and when Tom informed his majesty they were very poor +people, the King led him into his treasury, and told him he should pay them a +visit and take with him as much money as he could carry. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt011.jpg" width="398" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Tom soon got rested at his mother’s house, but could not travel because +it had rained; his mother therefore took him in her hand and carried him back +to King Arthur’s court. There Tom entertained the King and Queen and +nobility at tilts and tournaments, at which he exerted himself so much that he +brought on a fit of sickness. At this juncture the Queen of the Fairies came in +a chariot drawn by flying mice, and placing Tom by her side she drove through +the air till they arrived at her palace. After restoring him to health, the +Queen commanded a fair wind, and, placing Tom before it, blew him straight back +to the court of King Arthur. But just as Tom should have alighted in the +courtyard, the cook happened to pass with the King’s great bowl of his +favorite dish, furmenty, and poor Tom fell plump into the middle of it, and +splashed the hot furmenty into the cook’s eyes. Down went the bowl. +“Oh, dear,” cried Tom. “Murder! murder!” bellowed the +cook; and away ran the King’s nice furmenty into the kennel. The cook was +a cross fellow and swore to the King that Tom had done it out of some evil +design; so he was tried for high treason and sentenced to be beheaded. When the +judge delivered this dreadful sentence it happened that a miller was standing +by with his mouth wide open, so Tom took a good spring and jumped down his +throat, unperceived by all, even by the miller himself. +</p> + +<p> +As Tom could not be found the court broke up, and away went the miller to his +mill. But Tom did not leave him long at rest, he began to roll and tumble +about, so that the miller thought himself bewitched, and sent for a doctor. +When the doctor came, Tom began to dance and sing. The doctor was as much +frightened as the miller, and sent in great haste for five more doctors. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt012.jpg" width="512" height="366" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +While all these were talking the miller began to yawn, and Tom, taking the +opportunity, made another bold jump and alighted on his feet in the middle of +the table. The miller, provoked to be thus tormented by such a little creature, +caught hold of Tom and threw him out of the window into the river. A large +salmon swimming by snapped him up in a moment. +</p> + +<p> +The salmon was soon caught and sold in the market to the steward of a great +lord. The grandee, thinking it an uncommonly fine fish, made a present of it to +the King, who ordered it to be dressed immediately. When the cook cut open the +salmon he found poor Tom inside, and ran with him directly to the King; but the +King being busy, desired that he might be brought another day. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt013.jpg" width="396" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The cook was resolved to keep him safely this time, so clapped him into a +mouse-trap. There he was shut up for a whole week, when the King sent for him, +forgave him for throwing down the furmenty, and ordered him new clothes, gave +him a spirited mouse for a hunter, and knighted him. +</p> + +<p> +Thus dressed and mounted, he rode a hunting with the King and nobility. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt014.jpg" width="513" height="377" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +As they were riding by a farmhouse one day, a cat jumped from behind the door, +seized the mouse and little Tom, ran off with them both, and was just going to +devour the mouse when Tom boldly drew his sword and attacked the cat with great +spirit. The King and his nobles, seeing Tom in danger, went to his assistance, +and one of the lords bravely saved him just in time, but poor Tom was sadly +scratched by the claws of the cat. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt015.jpg" width="414" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The Queen of the Fairies came and took him again to Fairyland, where she kept +him some years; after which, dressing him in bright green, she sent him flying +once more through the air to the earth. King Thunstone now reigned in the place +of King Arthur. The people flocked far and near to look at Tom Thumb, and the +King, before whom he was carried, asked him who he was and where he lived. Tom +answered: +</p> + +<p class="poem"> +“My name is Tom Thumb,<br /> +From the fairies I come;<br /> +When King Arthur shone,<br /> +This court was my home.<br /> +In me he delighted,<br /> +By him I was knighted.<br /> +Did you ever hear of<br /> +Sir Thomas Thumb? +</p> + +<p> +The King was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little chair to be +made, and also a palace of gold a span high, with a door an inch wide, for +little Tom to live in. He also gave him a coach, drawn by six small mice. This +made the Queen angry, because she had not a new coach too; therefore, resolving +to ruin Tom, she complained to the King that he had behaved very insolently to +her. The King sent for him in a rage. Tom, to escape his fury, crept into a +large, empty snail-shell, and there lay for some time, when, peeping out of the +shell, he saw a fine butterfly on the ground. He ventured forth and got astride +the butterfly, which took wing, and mounted into the air with little Tom on his +back. Away he flew straight to the King’s court. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt016.jpg" width="396" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +The King, Queen, and nobles all strove to catch the butterfly. At length poor +Tom slipped from his seat, and fell into a sweet dish called white-pot, where +he was found, almost drowned. The Queen vowed he should be punished, and he was +secured once more in a mouse-trap, when the cat, seeing something stir, and +supposing it to be a mouse, patted the trap about till she broke it and set Tom +at liberty. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt017.jpg" width="441" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Soon afterwards a spider, taking poor Tom for a big fly, made a spring at him. +Tom drew his sword and fought valiantly, but the spider’s poisonous +breath overcame him. +</p> + +<p> +King Thunstone and his whole court went into mourning for little Tom Thumb. +They buried him under a rose-bush, and raised a nice, white marble monument +over his grave. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt018.jpg" width="300" height="226" alt="[Illustration]" /> +<p class="caption">THE LION AND THE FOX</p> +</div> + +<h2>THE LION AND THE FOX</h2> + +<p> +There was once a fox who had never seen a lion; and so, when he saw a lion for +the first time, this fox was so scared that he did not know what to do. +</p> + +<p> +The lion did him no harm: and the fox crept off out of the way, and ran to his +hole, and there hid. He stayed in his hole a long while, until he found he must +go in search of food, and then he crept out. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt019.jpg" width="300" height="298" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +Ella and May are the girls you see on this page. Ella is older than May, and +can read, but May cannot. +</p> + +<p> +But Ella is kind, and will read to May a long time, if May will do as she is +bid, and sit still on her lap. +</p> + +<p> +And Ella will show May how to read herself. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt020.jpg" width="300" height="223" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +In a country called Holland, storks are very kindly treated, for so many frogs +live in the marshes there, that if the storks did not eat them, the people +would hardly know what to do. The storks are very clever at catching the poor +froggies; they snatch them up in their long bills, and go flying off, with +their great wings spread and their long legs stretched out behind them, +carrying off two or three at once. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h2>CATCHING BLACKBIRDS.</h2> + +<p> +Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could go. +“What are you doing there?” said a man who was passing along. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt021.jpg" width="300" height="175" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +“Catching blackbirds?” said Willie. “Have you caught +any?” said the man. +</p> + +<p> +“No, not yet,” said Willie. “But grandpa is going to give me +five dollars when I catch one. He wants one.” +</p> + +<p> +Willie’s grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, “You catch +me a blackbird, and I will give you five dollars.” He said it just out of +fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt022.jpg" width="400" height="322" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<h2>THE DOG.</h2> + +<p> +Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad. My dog +bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip and ran off. Tom +and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but the sun was so hot we did +not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun. +</p> + +<hr /> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div class="chapter"> + +<h2>A LETTER TO FRANK.</h2> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt023.jpg" width="300" height="221" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +D<small>EAR</small> F<small>RANK</small>,—One day a rabbit came out of +the woods to see if he could find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to +catch him. He ran under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and +so got clear. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt024.jpg" width="300" height="218" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does. When she goes for a +drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle with her horns, +and pumps the water. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt025.jpg" width="300" height="222" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy with a +little dog came in to wait also. The poor dog was afraid, and tried very hard +to get away; but the boy held him fast by a stout string. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt026.jpg" width="300" height="217" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<p> +There is one very selfish little chicken in my barn. When the other chickens +are just going to sleep, this selfish little chick pecks them, and drives them +down from the roost. He is very naughty, and wants the roost all to himself. +</p> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt002.jpg" width="383" height="550" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt003.jpg" width="383" height="565" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +<div class="fig" style="width:100%;"> +<img src="images/tt030.jpg" width="400" height="519" alt="[Illustration]" /> +</div> + +</div><!--end chapter--> + +<div style='display:block;margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB ***</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0;'>This file should be named 11092-h.htm or 11092-h.zip</div> +<div style='display:block;margin:1em 0;'>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in https://www.gutenberg.org/1/1/0/9/11092/</div> +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will +be renamed. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright +law 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. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part +of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project +Gutenberg™ electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG™ +concept and trademark. Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, +and may not be used if you charge for an eBook, except by following +the terms of the trademark license, including paying royalties for use +of the Project Gutenberg trademark. If you do not charge anything for +copies of this eBook, complying with the trademark license is very +easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose such as creation +of derivative works, reports, performances and research. Project +Gutenberg eBooks may be modified and printed and given away--you may +do practically ANYTHING in the United States with eBooks not protected +by U.S. copyright law. Redistribution is subject to the trademark +license, especially commercial redistribution. +</div> + +<div style='margin:0.83em 0; font-size:1.1em; text-align:center'>START: FULL LICENSE<br /> +<span style='font-size:smaller'>THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE<br /> +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK</span> +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +To protect the Project Gutenberg™ mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase “Project +Gutenberg”), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full +Project Gutenberg™ License available with this file or online at +www.gutenberg.org/license. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; font-size:1.1em; margin:1em 0; font-weight:bold'> +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg™ electronic works +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg™ +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or +destroy all copies of Project Gutenberg™ electronic works in your +possession. If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a +Project Gutenberg™ electronic work and you do not agree to be bound +by the terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person +or entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.B. “Project Gutenberg” is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg™ electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg™ electronic works if you follow the terms of this +agreement and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg™ +electronic works. See paragraph 1.E below. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation (“the +Foundation” or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection +of Project Gutenberg™ electronic works. Nearly all the individual +works in the collection are in the public domain in the United +States. If an individual work is unprotected by copyright law in the +United States and you are located in the United States, we do not +claim a right to prevent you from copying, distributing, performing, +displaying or creating derivative works based on the work as long as +all references to Project Gutenberg are removed. Of course, we hope +that you will support the Project Gutenberg™ mission of promoting +free access to electronic works by freely sharing Project Gutenberg™ +works in compliance with the terms of this agreement for keeping the +Project Gutenberg™ name associated with the work. You can easily +comply with the terms of this agreement by keeping this work in the +same format with its attached full Project Gutenberg™ License when +you share it without charge with others. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are +in a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, +check the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this +agreement before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, +distributing or creating derivative works based on this work or any +other Project Gutenberg™ work. The Foundation makes no +representations concerning the copyright status of any work in any +country other than the United States. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other +immediate access to, the full Project Gutenberg™ License must appear +prominently whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg™ work (any work +on which the phrase “Project Gutenberg” appears, or with which the +phrase “Project Gutenberg” is associated) is accessed, displayed, +performed, viewed, copied or distributed: +</div> + +<blockquote> + <div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> + This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most + other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions + whatsoever. 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 <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you + are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws + of the country where you are located before using this eBook. + </div> +</blockquote> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg™ electronic work is +derived from texts not protected by U.S. copyright law (does not +contain a notice indicating that it is posted with permission of the +copyright holder), the work can be copied and distributed to anyone in +the United States without paying any fees or charges. If you are +redistributing or providing access to a work with the phrase “Project +Gutenberg” associated with or appearing on the work, you must comply +either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 or +obtain permission for the use of the work and the Project Gutenberg™ +trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg™ electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any +additional terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms +will be linked to the Project Gutenberg™ License for all works +posted with the permission of the copyright holder found at the +beginning of this work. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg™ +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg™. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg™ License. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including +any word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access +to or distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg™ work in a format +other than “Plain Vanilla ASCII” or other format used in the official +version posted on the official Project Gutenberg™ website +(www.gutenberg.org), you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense +to the user, provide a copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means +of obtaining a copy upon request, of the work in its original “Plain +Vanilla ASCII” or other form. Any alternate format must include the +full Project Gutenberg™ License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg™ works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg™ electronic works +provided that: +</div> + +<div style='margin-left:0.7em;'> + <div style='text-indent:-0.7em'> + • You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg™ works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is owed + to the owner of the Project Gutenberg™ trademark, but he has + agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the Project + Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments must be paid + within 60 days following each date on which you prepare (or are + legally required to prepare) your periodic tax returns. Royalty + payments should be clearly marked as such and sent to the Project + Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the address specified in + Section 4, “Information about donations to the Project Gutenberg + Literary Archive Foundation.” + </div> + + <div style='text-indent:-0.7em'> + • You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg™ + License. You must require such a user to return or destroy all + copies of the works possessed in a physical medium and discontinue + all use of and all access to other copies of Project Gutenberg™ + works. + </div> + + <div style='text-indent:-0.7em'> + • You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of + any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days of + receipt of the work. + </div> + + <div style='text-indent:-0.7em'> + • You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg™ works. + </div> +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project +Gutenberg™ electronic work or group of works on different terms than +are set forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing +from the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the manager of +the Project Gutenberg™ trademark. Contact the Foundation as set +forth in Section 3 below. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +works not protected by U.S. copyright law in creating the Project +Gutenberg™ collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg™ +electronic works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may +contain “Defects,” such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate +or corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other +intellectual property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or +other medium, a computer virus, or computer codes that damage or +cannot be read by your equipment. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the “Right +of Replacement or Refund” described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg™ trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg™ electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 1.F.3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium +with your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you +with the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in +lieu of a refund. If you received the work electronically, the person +or entity providing it to you may choose to give you a second +opportunity to receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If +the second copy is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing +without further opportunities to fix the problem. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you ‘AS-IS’, WITH NO +OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT +LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of +damages. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement +violates the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the +agreement shall be interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or +limitation permitted by the applicable state law. The invalidity or +unenforceability of any provision of this agreement shall not void the +remaining provisions. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg™ electronic works in +accordance with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the +production, promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg™ +electronic works, harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, +including legal fees, that arise directly or indirectly from any of +the following which you do or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this +or any Project Gutenberg™ work, (b) alteration, modification, or +additions or deletions to any Project Gutenberg™ work, and (c) any +Defect you cause. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; font-size:1.1em; margin:1em 0; font-weight:bold'> +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg™ +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Project Gutenberg™ is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of +computers including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It +exists because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations +from people in all walks of life. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need are critical to reaching Project Gutenberg™’s +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg™ collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg™ and future +generations. To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation and how your efforts and donations can help, see +Sections 3 and 4 and the Foundation information page at www.gutenberg.org. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; font-size:1.1em; margin:1em 0; font-weight:bold'> +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non-profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation’s EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by +U.S. federal laws and your state’s laws. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +The Foundation’s business office is located at 809 North 1500 West, +Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887. Email contact links and up +to date contact information can be found at the Foundation’s website +and official page at www.gutenberg.org/contact +</div> + +<div style='display:block; font-size:1.1em; margin:1em 0; font-weight:bold'> +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Project Gutenberg™ depends upon and cannot survive without widespread +public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine-readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To SEND +DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any particular state +visit <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/donate/">www.gutenberg.org/donate</a>. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Please check the Project Gutenberg web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations. To +donate, please visit: www.gutenberg.org/donate +</div> + +<div style='display:block; font-size:1.1em; margin:1em 0; font-weight:bold'> +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg™ electronic works +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project +Gutenberg™ concept of a library of electronic works that could be +freely shared with anyone. For forty years, he produced and +distributed Project Gutenberg™ eBooks with only a loose network of +volunteer support. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Project Gutenberg™ eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as not protected by copyright in +the U.S. unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not +necessarily keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper +edition. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +Most people start at our website which has the main PG search +facility: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. +</div> + +<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> +This website includes information about Project Gutenberg™, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. +</div> + +</body> + +</html> + + diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/cover.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/cover.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..88d2dff --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/cover.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b29eea --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt002.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d1a13e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt003.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3a06f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt004.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d407c72 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt005.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6f28a23 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt006.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..102edc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt007.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bb6496 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt008.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..dda691d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt009.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ad2c8d --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt010.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e9f5727 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt011.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..49912be --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt012.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d99c9b --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt013.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce43118 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt014.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..52a5358 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt015.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd72561 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt016.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..35370aa --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt017.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbe1338 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt018.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ed82e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt019.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..638fc26 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt020.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e832b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt021.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..fde17b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt022.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca66ad2 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt023.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..c07fde7 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt024.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c641ff --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt025.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..99ad10c --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt026.jpg diff --git a/old/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg b/old/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..62d2765 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/11092-h/images/tt030.jpg diff --git a/old/old/11092.txt b/old/old/11092.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f84b8e --- /dev/null +++ b/old/old/11092.txt @@ -0,0 +1,770 @@ +Project Gutenberg's The History Of Tom Thumb and Other Stories., by Anonymous + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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 Other Stories. + +Author: Anonymous + +Release Date: February 15, 2004 [EBook #11092] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: US-ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOM THUMB *** + + + + +Produced by The Internet Archive Children's Library, David +Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + + + + + +TOM THUMB + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB _AND OTHER STORIES_ + +[Illustration] + +_Profusely Illustrated_ + + + +THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB + +In the days of King Arthur, Merlin, the famous enchanter, was out on a +journey, and stopped one day at the cottage of an honest ploughman to +ask for refreshment. The ploughman's wife brought him some milk in a +wooden bowl, and some brown bread on a wooden platter. + +Merlin could not help observing that, although everything within the +cottage was particularly neat and in good order, the ploughman and +his wife had the most sorrowful air, so he questioned them about the +cause of their distress, and learned that they were miserable because +they had no children. The poor woman declared that she would be the +happiest creature in the world if she had but a son, although he were +no bigger than his father's thumb. Merlin was very much amused at the +thought of a boy no bigger than a man's thumb; and as soon as he +returned home he sent for the Queen of the Fairies and related to her +the desire of the ploughman and his wife to have a son the size of his +father's thumb. + +[Illustration] + +The Queen of the Fairies promised that their wish should be granted. +And so it happened one day that the ploughman's wife had a son +exactly of the size of his father's thumb. While the mother was +sitting up in bed, admiring the child, the Queen of the Fairies +appeared, and kissed the infant, giving it the name of Tom Thumb, and +summoned several fairies to clothe her little favorite. + +Tom never grew any bigger; but, as he grew older, he became very +cunning and sly, which his mother did not sufficiently correct him +for; so that, when he was old enough to play with the boys for +cherry-stones, and had lost all his own, he used to creep into the +other boys' bags, fill his pockets, and come out again to play. But +one day, as he was getting out of a bag of cherry-stones, the boy to +whom it belonged chanced to see him. + +[Illustration] + +"Ah, ah! my little Tom Thumb," said the boy, "have I caught you at +your bad tricks at last? Now I will pay you off well for thieving." + +Then drawing the string tight round his neck, and shaking the bag +heartily, the cherry stones bruised Tom's limbs and body sadly, which +made him beg to be let out, and promise never to be guilty of such +doings any more. + +Shortly afterwards Tom's mother was making a batter pudding, and, that +he might see how she mixed it, he climbed up to the edge of the bowl, +but his foot happening to slip he fell over head and ears into the +batter, and his mother not observing him, stirred him into the pudding +and popped it all into the pot to boil. The hot water made Tom kick +and struggle; and his mother, seeing the pudding jump up and down, +thought it was bewitched. A tinker was going by just at the time, so +she gave him the pudding, and he put it into his budget and walked +away. As soon as Tom could get the batter out of his mouth he began to +cry aloud; this so frightened the poor tinker that he flung the +pudding over the hedge. The pudding being broken by the fall Tom was +released, and walked home to his mother, who gave him a kiss and put +him to bed. + +Tom Thumb's mother once took him with her when she went to milk the +cow; it being a very windy day, she tied him with a needleful of +thread to a thistle. The cow, liking his oak-leaf hat, took him and +the thistle up at one mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle, +Tom, terrified at her great teeth, cried out, "Mother! mother!" + +[Illustration] + +"Where are you, Tommy, my dear Tommy?" said the mother. + +"Here, mother; here in the red cow's mouth." + +The mother began to cry and wring her hands; but the cow, surprised at +such odd noises in her throat, opened her mouth and let him drop out. +His mother clapped him into her apron and ran home with him. + +[Illustration] + +Tom's father made him a whip of barley-straw to drive the cattle with, +and one day in the field Tom slipped into a deep furrow. A raven +flying over picked him up with a grain of corn, and flew with him to +the top of the giant's castle by the seaside, where he left him. Old +Grumbo, the giant, came out soon afterwards, to walk upon his terrace, +and Tom, frightened out of his wits, managed to creep up his sleeve. +Tom's motions made the giant uncomfortable, and with a jerk of his +arm, he threw him into the sea. A great fish then swallowed him. The +fish was soon after caught, and sent as a present to King Arthur. When +it was cut open, everybody was delighted with little Tom Thumb, who +was found inside. He became the favorite of the whole court, and by +his merry pranks often amused the King and Queen. + +[Illustration] + +The King, when he rode on horseback, frequently took Tom in his hand; +and if a shower of rain came on, the tiny dwarf used to creep into the +King's waistcoat pocket and sleep till the rain was over. The King now +questioned him concerning his parents; and when Tom informed his +majesty they were very poor people, the King led him into his +treasury, and told him he should pay them a visit and take with him +as much money as he could carry. + +[Illustration] + +Tom soon got rested at his mother's house, but could not travel +because it had rained; his mother therefore took him in her hand and +carried him back to King Arthur's court. There Tom entertained the +King and Queen and nobility at tilts and tournaments, at which he +exerted himself so much that he brought on a fit of sickness. At this +juncture the Queen of the Fairies came in a chariot drawn by flying +mice, and placing Tom by her side she drove through the air till they +arrived at her palace. After restoring him to health, the Queen +commanded a fair wind, and, placing Tom before it, blew him straight +back to the court of King Arthur. But just as Tom should have alighted +in the courtyard, the cook happened to pass with the King's great +bowl of his favorite dish, furmenty, and poor Tom fell plump into the +middle of it, and splashed the hot furmenty into the cook's eyes. Down +went the bowl. "Oh, dear," cried Tom. "Murder! murder!" bellowed the +cook; and away ran the King's nice furmenty into the kennel. The cook +was a cross fellow and swore to the King that Tom had done it out of +some evil design; so he was tried for high treason and sentenced to be +beheaded. When the judge delivered this dreadful sentence it happened +that a miller was standing by with his mouth wide open, so Tom took a +good spring and jumped down his throat, unperceived by all, even by +the miller himself. As Tom could not be found the court broke up, and +away went the miller to his mill. But Tom did not leave him long at +rest, he began to roll and tumble about, so that the miller thought +himself bewitched, and sent for a doctor. When the doctor came, Tom +began to dance and sing. The doctor was as much frightened as the +miller, and sent in great haste for five more doctors. + +[Illustration] + +While all these were talking the miller began to yawn, and Tom, taking +the opportunity, made another bold jump and alighted on his feet in +the middle of the table. The miller, provoked to be thus tormented by +such a little creature, caught hold of Tom and threw him out of the +window into the river. A large salmon swimming by snapped him up in a +moment. + +The salmon was soon caught and sold in the market to the steward of a +great lord. The grandee, thinking it an uncommonly fine fish, made a +present of it to the King, who ordered it to be dressed immediately. +When the cook cut open the salmon he found poor Tom inside, and ran +with him directly to the King; but the King being busy, desired that +he might be brought another day. + +[Illustration] + +The cook was resolved to keep him safely this time, so clapped him +into a mouse-trap. There he was shut up for a whole week, when the +King sent for him, forgave him for throwing down the furmenty, and +ordered him new clothes, gave him a spirited mouse for a hunter, and +knighted him. + +Thus dressed and mounted, he rode a hunting with the King and +nobility. + +[Illustration] + +As they were riding by a farmhouse one day, a cat jumped from behind +the door, seized the mouse and little Tom, ran off with them both, +and was just going to devour the mouse when Tom boldly drew his sword +and attacked the cat with great spirit. The King and his nobles, +seeing Tom in danger, went to his assistance, and one of the lords +bravely saved him just in time, but poor Tom was sadly scratched by +the claws of the cat. + +[Illustration: LICE.] + +The Queen of the Fairies came and took him again to Fairyland, where +she kept him some years; after which, dressing him in bright green, +she sent him flying once more through the air to the earth. King +Thunstone now reigned in the place of King Arthur. The people flocked +far and near to look at Tom Thumb, and the King, before whom he was +carried, asked him who he was and where he lived. Tom answered: + + "My name is Tom Thumb, + From the fairies I come; + When King Arthur shone, + This court was my home. + In me he delighted, + By him I was knighted. + Did you ever hear of + Sir Thomas Thumb?" + +The King was so charmed with this address that he ordered a little +chair to be made, and also a palace of gold a span high, with a door +an inch wide, for little Tom to live in. He also gave him a coach, +drawn by six small mice. This made the Queen angry, because she had +not a new coach too; therefore, resolving to ruin Tom, she complained +to the King that he had behaved very insolently to her. The King sent +for him in a rage. Tom, to escape his fury, crept into a large, +empty snail-shell, and there lay for some time, when, peeping out of +the shell, he saw a fine butterfly on the ground. He ventured forth +and got astride the butterfly, which took wing, and mounted into the +air with little Tom on his back. Away he flew straight to the King's +court. + +[Illustration: THE WOOD-CUTTER'S DAUGHTER.] + +The King, Queen, and nobles all strove to catch the butterfly. At +length poor Tom slipped from his seat, and fell into a sweet dish +called white-pot, where he was found, almost drowned. The Queen vowed +he should be punished, and he was secured once more in a mouse-trap, +when the cat, seeing something stir, and supposing it to be a mouse, +patted the trap about till she broke it and set Tom at liberty. + +[Illustration] + +Soon afterwards a spider, taking poor Tom for a big fly, made a +spring at him. Tom drew his sword and fought valiantly, but the +spider's poisonous breath overcame him. + +King Thunstone and his whole court went into mourning for little Tom +Thumb. They buried him under a rose-bush, and raised a nice, white +marble monument over his grave. + +[Illustration] + + + +THE LION AND THE FOX + +There was once a fox who had never seen a lion; and so, when he saw a +lion for the first time, this fox was so scared that he did not know +what to do. + +The lion did him no harm: and the fox crept off out of the way, and +ran to his hole, and there hid. He stayed in his hole a long while, +until he found he must go in search of food, and then he crept out. + +[Illustration] + +Ella and May are the girls you see on this page. Ella is older than +May, and can read, but May cannot. + +But Ella is kind, and will read to May a long time, if May will do as +she is bid, and sit still on her lap. + +And Ella will show May how to read herself. + +[Illustration] + +In a country called Holland, storks are very kindly treated, for so +many frogs live in the marshes there, that if the storks did not eat +them, the people would hardly know what to do. The storks are very +clever at catching the poor froggies; they snatch them up in their +long bills, and go flying off, with their great wings spread and their +long legs stretched out behind them, carrying off two or three at +once. + + + + +CATCHING BLACKBIRDS. + + +Two little boys were running through the meadows as hard as they could +go. "What are you doing there?" said a man who was passing along. + +[Illustration] + +"Catching blackbirds?" said Willie. "Have you caught any?" said the +man. + +"No, not yet," said Willie. "But grandpa is going to give me five +dollars when I catch one. He wants one." + +Willie's grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, "You catch me +a blackbird, and I will give you five dollars." He said it just out of +fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it. + +[Illustration] + + + +THE DOG. + +Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad. +My dog bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip +and ran off. Tom and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but +the sun was so hot we did not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun. + +A LETTER TO FRANK. + + +[Illustration] + +DEAR FRANK,--One day a rabbit came out of the woods to see if he could +find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to catch him. He ran +under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and so got +clear. + +[Illustration] + +I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does. When she goes +for a drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle +with her horns, and pumps the water. + +While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy +with a little dog came in to wait also. The poor dog was afraid, and +tried very hard to get away; but the boy held him fast by a stout +string. + +[Illustration] + +There is one very selfish little chicken in my barn. When the other +chickens are just going to sleep, this selfish little chick pecks +them, and drives them down from the roost. He is very naughty, and +wants the roost all to himself. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The History Of Tom Thumb and Other +Stories., by Anonymous + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOM THUMB *** + +***** This file should be named 11092.txt or 11092.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/1/0/9/11092/ + +Produced by The Internet Archive Children's Library, David +Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. + + +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. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +https://gutenberg.org/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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 + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at https://www.pglaf.org. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at +https://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at https://pglaf.org + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit https://pglaf.org + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including including checks, online payments and credit card +donations. To donate, please visit: https://pglaf.org/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + +Each eBook is in a subdirectory of the same number as the eBook's +eBook number, often in several formats including plain vanilla ASCII, +compressed (zipped), HTML and others. + +Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks replace the old file and take over +the old filename and etext number. The replaced older file is renamed. +VERSIONS based on separate sources are treated as new eBooks receiving +new filenames and etext numbers. + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + https://www.gutenberg.org + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. + +EBooks posted prior to November 2003, with eBook numbers BELOW #10000, +are filed in directories based on their release date. If you want to +download any of these eBooks directly, rather than using the regular +search system you may utilize the following addresses and just +download by the etext year. + + https://www.gutenberg.org/etext06 + + (Or /etext 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 99, + 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 92, 91 or 90) + +EBooks posted since November 2003, with etext numbers OVER #10000, are +filed in a different way. The year of a release date is no longer part +of the directory path. The path is based on the etext number (which is +identical to the filename). The path to the file is made up of single +digits corresponding to all but the last digit in the filename. For +example an eBook of filename 10234 would be found at: + + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/0/2/3/10234 + +or filename 24689 would be found at: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/4/6/8/24689 + +An alternative method of locating eBooks: + https://www.gutenberg.org/GUTINDEX.ALL + + diff --git a/old/old/11092.zip b/old/old/11092.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..acdfced --- /dev/null +++ b/old/old/11092.zip |
