Thumbkin

Once, a woodsman and his wife had seven boys. There were ten-year-old twins, nine-year-old twins, eight-year-old twins, and one single seven-year-old. The seven-year-old was very small and very quiet. At birth, he’d been nno bigger than your thumb, and so he was named Thumbkin. Thumbkin was the cleverest of the boys. His family thought he was stupid, for he didn’t talk much. But he surely knew how to listen. (Kitabin Içinden)