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The eldest was but ten years old, and the youngest only seven.  \nThey were very poor, and their seven children were a great source of trouble to them because not one of them was able to earn his bread. What gave them yet more uneasiness was that the youngest was very delicate, and scarce ever spoke a word, which made people take for stupidity that which was a sign of good sense. He was very little, and when born he was no bigger than one's thumb; hence he was called Little Thumb.  \nThe poor child was the drudge of the household, and was always in the wrong. He was, however, the most bright and discreet of all the brothers; and if he spoke little, he heard and thought the more.  \nThere came a very bad year, and the famine was so great that these poor people resolved to rid themselves of their children. One evening, when they were in bed, and the fagotmaker was sitting with his wife atthe fire, he said to her, with his heart ready to burst with grief:  \n\"You see plainly that we no longer can give our children food, and I cannot bear to see them die of hunger before my eyes; I am resolved to lose them in the wood tomorrow, which may very easily be done, for, while they amuse themselves in tying up fagots, we have only to run away and leave them without their seeing us.\"  \n\"Ah!\" cried out his wife.\"Could you really take the children and lose them?\"  \nIn vain did her husband represent to her their great poverty; she would not consent to it. She was poor, but she was their mother.  \nFree Printables and More for K-12 Education [www.](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)[STUDENTHANDOUTS](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)[.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \nHowever, having considered what a grief it would be to her to see them die of hunger, she consented, and went weeping to bed.  \nLittle Thumb heard all they had said; for, hearing that they were talking business, he got up softly and slipped under his father's seat, so as to hear without being seen. He went to bed again, but did not sleep awink all the rest of the night, thinking of what he had to do. He got up early in the morning, and went to the brookside, where he filled his pockets full of small white pebbles, and then returned home. They all went out, but Little Thumb never told his brothers a word of what he knew.  \nThey went into a very thick forest, where they could not see one another at ten paces apart. The fagot-maker began to cut wood, and the children to gather up sticks to make fagots. Their father and mother, seeing them busy at their work, got away from them unbeknown and then all at once ran as fast as they could through a winding by-path.  \nWhen the children found they were alone, they began to cry with all their might. Little  \nThumb let them cry on, knowing very well how to get home again; for, as he came, he had dropped the little white pebbles he had in his pockets all along the way. Then he said to them, \"Do not be afraid, my brothers—father and mother have left us here, but I will lead you home again; only follow me.\"  \nThey followed, and he brought them home by the very same way they had come into the forest. They dared not go in at first, but stood outside the door to listen to what their father and mother were saying.  \nThe very moment the fagotmaker and his wife reached home the lord of the manor sent them ten crowns, which he had long owed them, and which they never hoped to see. This gave them new life, for the poor people were dying of hunger. The fagotmaker sent his wife to the butcher's at once. As it was along while since they had eaten, she bought thrice as much meat as was needed for supper for two people. When they had eaten, the woman said:  \n\"Alas! Where are our poor children now? They would make a good feast of what we have le","cbCaibdr1VpKWqm2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibdr1VpKWqm2","pdf",191953,"English","# Little Thumb\n## Poverty and the parents’ decision\n## The pebble plan and return home\n## The lord’s gift and renewed danger","[{\"question\":\"Why do Little Thumb’s parents decide to leave the children in the forest?\",\"answer\":\"They are suffering from severe famine and can no longer feed their seven sons, so they resolve to rid themselves of the children by abandoning them in the woods.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Little Thumb keep his brothers from getting lost?\",\"answer\":\"He fills his pockets with small white pebbles, lets his brothers cry while he waits, and uses the dropped pebbles along the path to lead them back home.\"},{\"question\":\"What changes their situation immediately after they return home?\",\"answer\":\"The lord of the manor sends them ten crowns that the parents had long been owed, giving the family new life and allowing them to eat and reunite happily.\"}]","Little Thumb - read online | PDF",1792384777,15]