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It was rather strange that the wood-cutter had had so many children in so short a period ; but the truth is that his wife always had at least two at a birth. They were very poor, and their seven children were a heavy burthen to them, for not one of them was yet old enough to earn his bread. What made the matter worse was the circumstance that the youngest child was a weakly little fellow, never saying a word, which they took to arise from stupidity, while in fact it was a sign of his wit. He was very little, indeed, when he was born he was no larger than aman's thumb ; which induced his father and mother to christen him \" Hop-o'-my-Thumb.\" The poor child was the drudge of the whole house, and was always blamed for whatever was wrong. Notwithstanding all this, he was more clever and more knowing than any of his brothers, and though he spoke but little, he heard and remembered all. About this time there fell out a very scarce year, and the famine was so grievous that the poor people resolved to get rid of their children altogether. One evening after they had gone to bed, and the parents were sitting near the fire, the wood cutter said to his wife, his heart being torn with anguish, \" You see that we can no longer keep our children : I cannot see them die of hun-ger before my face, and am resolved to lose them tomorrow in the forest, which will not be very difficult to do ; for, while they are amusing themselves with tying up the faggots, we have only to slip away from them unperceived.\" \" Ah ! husband,\" cried the poor woman, \"could you be so hardhearted as to lose your own children ? \" In vain her husband for a long time represented to her their great distress ; she would not consent : she was poor, but she was their mother. However, at last, having considered how dreadful it would be to see them die of hunger before her eyes, she agreed to her husband's proposal and went weeping to bed. Hop-o'-my-Thumb had overheard all their conversation ; for, having when in bed heard his father talking very seriously, he had quietly risen, and slipped under the stool on which his father and mother were sitting, and listened to them without being seen. When his father and mother had left off talking, he went back to his bed again ; but slept no more that night, thinking of what he should do in the morning. He got up very early, and went to the side of a brook, where he filled his pockets with little white pebbles ; he then returned to the house. They set out, and Hop-o'-my-  \nThumb did not mention a word of what he had learned to his brothers. They went into a very thick forest, where the trees grew so closely together that they could not see each other when they were ten steps apart. The woodcutter went to his work, cutting down trees, while his children began to pick up sticks to make faggots. When the father and mother saw them busily employed, they suddenly gave them the slip, and returned home by a bye path. As soon asthe poor children found themselves alone, they began to cry, calling out for their parents as loudly as they could. Hop-o'-my-Thumb let them cry on, knowing very well, the way to take them home again ; for as he had come to the wood, he had taken good care to drop all along the road, the white pebbles with which he had Ulled his pockets. After a while, however, he said to them : \" Do not be afraid my lads, our father and mother have left us here, but I will conduct you safely home again ; only follow me. He then led the way and took them back to their cottage , by the same road they had come to the forest. They were at first afraid to go in, and stationed themselves against the door to listen to what their father and mother were saying.  \nJust as the wood-cutter and his wife had arrived at their h","cbCaik8eoX1UQckO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaik8eoX1UQckO","pdf",737667,11,"English","# Hop-O'-My-Thumb\n## Family hardship and the forest plan\n## The pebble trail and return journey\n## Rescue by unexpected payment","[{\"question\":\"Why did the wood-cutter and his wife abandon their children?\",\"answer\":\"They were extremely poor and facing a severe famine, leaving them unable to feed the children. They resolved to lose them in the forest rather than watch them starve.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Hop-O'-My-Thumb prevent his brothers from getting lost?\",\"answer\":\"He overheard the parents’ conversation and filled his pockets with little white pebbles, dropping them along the way. 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