TOM THUMB
Tom Thumb soon showed himself to be a clever little fellow who always khew what he was about. One day , as the woodman was getting ready to go into the wood to cut fuel , “ I wish I had someone to bring the cart after me, fot I must make haste .” “ Oh, father ! ” cried Tom, “ I will take care of that ; the cart shall be in the wood by the time you want it.” Than the wookman laughed, and said, “ How can that be? You cannot reach up to the horse’s briddle.” “ Never mind that,father,” said Tom ; “ if my mother will only harness the hrse I will get into his ear, and him which way to go.” “ Well,” said the fathe, “ we will try for once.”