"You're right," the wife sighed and turned the spinning wheel. "If we have our own children, even if there is only one, how happy we will be! Even if the child is very young, we will love him wholeheartedly. " After a while, the wish of a good woman really came true. As she expected, she gave birth to a little boy. After the baby was born, she was quite healthy and strong, but her head was not much bigger than her thumb. But they still said, "Great! Although he is so young, our wish has come true after all, and we should love him with all our enthusiasm. " Because he is too young, they call him Tom Thumb.
Although they tried to make him eat more, he just didn't grow tall and was still as big as when he was born. However, there is a kind of aura and vitality in his eyes, which soon reveals that he is a clever little guy and always does things in an orderly way, which makes his parents quite satisfied.
One day, the woodcutter is going to cut wood in the Woods. He said, "I really hope someone can help me move the carriage, so I will be much faster."
"Hi, Dad!" Tom shouted, "Let me help you. I'll drive the car into the Woods in time according to your request. " The woodcutter smiled and said, "How is that possible? You can't even reach the reins of the horse. " "Never mind, Dad," said Tom. "As long as my mother is driving the horse, I will stay in the horse's ear and tell it which direction to go." Dad had to promise: "All right! Then try it once. " With that, he walked first.
It's time to start. Mother put the horse in the car and put Tom in the horse's ear. After the little man got in, he began to direct the road immediately. When he was about to leave, he shouted, "Oh, drive!" When you want to stop, call it "woo-!" So the carriage went purposefully to the Woods, just like a woodcutter driving his own car. After walking for a while, the car ran a little faster, and Tom immediately shouted, "Oh, oh!" " "Just then, two strangers came. When they saw this situation, one person said, "What a strange thing! A carriage is walking by itself, and the driver is shouting, but there is no one in sight. " The other said, "This is a bit strange. Let's follow the carriage and see where it will go. " So they followed the carriage into the Woods and finally came to where the woodcutter was. Thumb said that when Tom saw his father, he immediately shouted, "Dad, come and see! I am here. I brought the carriage here safely. Now take me down. " His father pulled his son out of the horse's ear and put him on the straw. Tom is very happy to sit on it.
The two strangers have been watching, and when they saw all this, they were so surprised that they didn't even know what to say. Finally, one of them pulled the other aside and said, "If we can get this child and take him to exhibitions in various cities, he will definitely make us rich." . We have to buy him. So they went up to the woodcutter and told him that they wanted to buy the dwarf. They also said, "He will be much better with us than with you. Father said, "My own treasure is more precious than all the gold and silver in the world. But when Tom heard the deal they wanted to make, he climbed into his father's coat, put his hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Dad, take the money and let them take me away." I will come back to you soon. "
So the woodcutter finally agreed to sell Tom to the two strangers with a big piece of gold. One of them asked Tom, "Where do you want to sit?" "Hey, put me on your brim. For me, this is a good balcony on which I can walk and see the rural scenery along the way. " They met his requirements.
After Tom said goodbye to his father, they left with him.
At dusk, the little man said, "I'm sleepy." Let me down. " The man took off his hat and put him on a clod by the road. However, Tom ran around the furrow and finally slipped into a hole abandoned by the mouse and shouted, "good night, master!" I'm leaving. Be careful next time and look at me carefully. " They came at once and poked their cane into the mouse hole for a long time, but in vain, because Tom had climbed in. Before long, it was completely dark, so they had to return empty-handed and depressed.
After making sure that they had left, Tom climbed out of the hole. Seeing that it was so dark outside, he was a little scared and said to himself, "How dangerous it is to walk in this field. It's too dark. If I accidentally fall off these big clods, my neck will break. " Fortunately, he found a big empty snail shell, and he said excitedly, "Thank God! I can have a good sleep in it now. "
Then he climbed in.
He was about to fall asleep when he heard two people pass by. One of them said to the other, "How can we steal the rich man's gold and silver?" Hearing this, Tom immediately shouted, "I'll tell you!" " The thief was shocked and asked, "What's that noise?" I clearly heard someone talking. "They stopped at once and listened carefully. Tom added, "Take me with you, and I will soon tell you how to steal that man's money." Two thieves said, "but where are you?" Tom replied, "look in the fields and pay attention to where the sound is coming from." Finally, they found him, held him in their hands and asked, "What can you do for us, you little urchin?" ""I can climb into the fence of the house where the man lives and throw out what you want. "
"That's a good idea," said the thief. "Let's go! Let's see what you can do. "
When they came to the rich man's house, Tom climbed over the window bar and slipped into the house. Then he shouted as loudly as possible, "Do you want everything here?" Hearing his cry, the two thieves were shocked and quickly said, "Shh! Be quiet and speak quietly, and you will wake the people in the room. " But Tom pretended not to understand them and continued to shout, "How much do you want? Should I throw everything out? " This time, his voice was heard by the chef sleeping in the next room. She sat up in bed and listened carefully. At this time, the two thieves heard him speak loudly again, which made them even more panicked and ran back quickly. After running for a while, I felt a little unwilling, so I got up the courage and said, "This little guy is playing tricks on us idiots. Let's not be scared by him. " So they came back and said to him gently, "Now is not the time to joke with us. Throw the money out quickly. " Tom opened his voice again and shouted, "Well, you can reach for it." The cook heard quite clearly this time, immediately jumped out of bed and rushed to open the door. The two thieves ran away like wolves with their tails between their legs.
The cook looked around and found nothing. She went in and lit a lamp. When she came back, Tom had slipped into the barn. The cook looked at every corner of the room carefully, but still found nothing unusual. With her eyes open, she thought she was dreaming and went back to bed.
Little Tom crawled around in the hay and finally found a very comfortable place to lie down. He plans to get up after dawn and go back to his parents.
Accidents will happen. What happened the next day was cruel, painful and unfortunate to Tom Thumb.
The cook gets up before dawn every day. She is going to feed the cows. She went straight to the haystack and carried a big bag for the cows to eat. Little Tom is fast asleep in this bundle of grass. He doesn't know what happened. The cow eats so slowly that even the grass and little Tom are caught in his mouth. When he woke up, he was already in the cow's mouth. "alas!" Little Tom cried, "How did I get into the mill?" However, the reality has not allowed him to think much. In order not to be caught between his teeth, he had to concentrate on using his cleverness and dexterity to avoid it, and finally he entered the cow's stomach with the forage. When he came to the cow's belly, he couldn't see anything and sighed and said, "This place is too dark. They must have forgotten to set windows in this house, so the sun can't come in. " But lighting a candle is also good. "
Although he has been very unfortunate, he is now in this place that he doesn't like at all. To make matters worse, more and more forage came in, and there was less and less space for him to stay. In desperation, he shouted loudly, "Don't send me any more forage! Don't send me any more forage! " The maid is milking the cow at the moment. She hears the sound, but she can't see anyone. Besides, this is obviously the same voice she heard last night. She was so scared that she fell off the stool and knocked over the milking pail. She ran to her master in a panic and said, "sir, sir, that cow is talking!" " But her master said, "You are a woman, you must be crazy!" " "He immediately went to the cowshed with the maid to see what had happened. As soon as their feet reached the threshold, little Tom shouted, "Don't send me any more forage! ""The master was startled when he heard this. He thought that the cow must be possessed by an evil spirit, and hurriedly asked someone to kill it. After the cow was killed, Tom's stomach and thumb were thrown on the dunghill outside.
Tom listened to the silence outside and struggled to climb out, but the cow's stomach was full of forage and he struggled to get up. When he just stuck his head out with great strength, a new disaster came to his head: a hungry wolf jumped up and swallowed the whole cow's stomach with Tom in one breath.
Nevertheless, Tom is not discouraged. He thought that the wolf might talk to him while walking, so he shouted, "Dear friend, I can take you to a place where there are many things you like to eat." No matter where the sound came from, the wolf quickly asked, "Where is that place?" Tom told the wolf exactly where his father lived, and then said, "You can climb into the kitchen from the drain, where you can find cakes, ham, beef and all kinds of things you want to eat." Before he could say it again, the wolf came to his father's house in the dark night, got into the kitchen from the drain and drank happily. After the wolf has eaten and drunk enough, it is impossible to go out again. Because it eats too much, its stomach is swollen and it is impossible to go out of the sewer. Tom estimated that it was almost time, so he began to shout loudly. The wolf quickly said, "Can you be quiet?" You will wake up the people in the house if you shout like this. "The little man said," what's wrong with me? You are full and happy now, and I want to be happy. " Say that finish, and open your throat, singing and shouting.
Now, the woodcutter and his wife are awakened by the sound. They got up in a hurry and saw a wolf through the kitchen door. They were shocked. The woodcutter hurriedly took an axe and a sickle for his wife. He said to her, "You follow behind. I cut its head with an axe and you cut its stomach with a sickle. " When Tom heard this, he quickly shouted, "Dad, Dad! I am here, and the wolf has swallowed me. " Hearing this, his father said excitedly, "Thank God, we have found our precious son again." Worried that his wife would cut his son, he immediately asked his wife to throw away the sickle. He picked up an axe and cut it hard at the wolf's head, right on the wolf's head. When the wolf died, they cut open the wolf's stomach and released their thumbs. "ah!" His father breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We are really scared for you!" " Tom replied, "Well, Dad, I've been to many places since we broke up, and now I'm really happy to breathe fresh air again." . ""Ah, where have you been? " His father asked me about the rat hole, snail's shell, cow's throat and finally the wolf's stomach. But I'm safe here now. "After the son finished, they all said in unison," Thank God, we will never sell you again, even if we exchange all the wealth in the world. "Then they hugged their precious son tightly, kissed him constantly, gave him a lot of food and drinks, and brought him new clothes to change, because his original clothes were completely damaged in this adventure.
Thumb Tom's thoughts after reading
After reading the story of Tom Thumb, we know more that when we encounter difficulties, we should not panic and worry, but should actively think about how to solve these difficulties. Don't think and do things blindly. We should learn from the wit and courage of the little boy in the article, help others and cherish our family.