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"Thumbling" is a German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, "How sad it is that we have no children! With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and lively.

U odnogo portnogo rodilsja kroshechnyj syn, ne bol'she mizinca, a potomu ego i nazvali Mal'chiks-c-pal'chik. No pri malom roste u nego ne bylo nedostatka v muzhestve, i on skazal svoemu otcu: "Otec, ja dolzhen nepremenno videt' svet." - "Eto verno, syn moj! - skazal starik, vzjal dlinnuju shtopal'nuju igolku i na svechke priladil k nej sharik iz surgucha. - Vot tebe i mech na dorogu."

Zhil kogda-to na svete krest'janin-bednjak. Sidel on raz vecherom u pechki i razgrebal zhar, a zhena sidela i prjala. Vot i govorit on zhene: "Kak zhal', chto net u nas detej. Uzh tak u nas tiho, a von v drugih domah, pogljadi, kak shumno da veselo." "Da," - otvetila zhena i vzdohnula, - "esli by byl u nas hot' odin, dazhe takoj malen'kij, kak mizinec, i to ja byla by dovol'na."

"Little Thumb" is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family. His greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers. After being threatened and pursued by an ogre, Poucet steals his magic seven-league boots while the monster is sleeping.

In the 19th century, the Brothers Grimm published 200 fairy tales which, to this day, form the most famous collection of fairy tales worldwide. Part 2 of 8 contains 25 unabridged fairy tales like Little red-cap, The Bremen town-musicians, The devil with the three golden hairs, Thumbling, Briar-Rose, The six swans, and many more. Also included: A pdf document with complete tracklist. PLEASE NOTE: when you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

"Hop-o'-My-Thumb" (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or "Hop o' My Thumb", also known as "Little Thumbling" or "Little Poucet" is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault in "Histoires ou Contes du temps passé" (1697). "Hop-o'-My-Thumb" is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family, and his greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers, eventually confronting a scary ogre.