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Title: Tom Thumb, a Fairy Tale

Author: The Brothers Grimm

Narrator: Katie Haigh

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 14 minutes

Release date: April 1, 2022

Genres: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Publisher's Summary: Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore, and a best classic fairy tale. The History of Tom Thumb was the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a favourite of King Arthur. The History of Tom Thumbe tells that in the days of King Arthur, old Thomas of the Mountain, a plowman and a member of the King's Council, wants nothing more than a son, even if he is no bigger than his thumb. He sends his wife to consult with Merlin and in three months time she gives birth to the diminutive Tom Thumb. The 'Queene of Fayres' and her attendants act as midwives. She provides Tom with an oak leaf hat, a shirt of cobweb, a doublet of thistledown, stockings of apple rind, and shoes of mouse's skin... - -