An English Fairy Tale
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When they knocked at the door, it was opened by a pleasant-looking woman. Tom Thumb told her that they were poor children who had lost their road, and he begged her to give them a night's shelter.
"Oh, my poor children!" said the woman, "you do not know where you have come to. This is the house of a giant who eats up little boys and girls."
"But, madame," replied Tom Thumb, "what shall we do? If we go back to the forest, we are certain to be torn t...