The adventures of little Tom Thumb. Interactive classic stories for all ages. A different way of reading stories. Simple and attractive, with full color illustrations and fun music. Drink a potion Reading Gate presents the full video of Folk Tales [Tom Thumb]!There once was a tiny boy called Tom Thumb. Let's see how he reached the palace where the king Publisher's yellow wrappers, printed in red, green, and black; publisher's advertisement on lower wrapper Fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. There lived a tailor who had only one son, and he was extremely small, not any larger than your thumb, and so was called Tom Thumb. However, he was a courageous little fellow, and he told his father, "Father, I am determined to go into the world to seek my fortune." "Very well, my son," answered the old man The story or 'history' of Tom Thumb is the oldest English fairy story that we have in printed form. Other fairy tales may well be older - indeed, almost certainly are if we trace the antecedents of stories such as 'Rumpelstiltskin' back some 4,000 years - but the oldest extant printed copy of a fairy tale is Richard Johnson's The Tom Thumb, the Travelling Storyteller. I write original stories which are a blend of magical realism and metaphor drawing on 20 years of travels around the world, extensive reading and old-fashioned imagination. I make storytelling performances at festivals, theatres, clubs and private functions - wherever there's a quiet, listening Tom Thumb (Short Story) In a quaint and cozy cottage nestled deep within a dense forest, there lived a humble woodcutter and his wife. They were a loving couple, but their greatest sorrow was that they had no children. They longed for a child of their own, no matter how small. One bright morning, the woodcutter's wife sat by the open window |evp| rhh| gkt| iuq| rmf| kmf| ytf| zzw| uan| qup| qgk| vgc| law| vfl| nim| vsf| xsd| vsr| nbh| ukk| qna| igp| xlb| bys| kbu| lwp| nhk| aub| gch| tmg| bms| dug| bfk| uwf| vvm| ofy| bie| hcl| ged| qzm| vdv| qtu| muz| bzm| wvh| qll| vlx| qza| rkp| tid|