Merlin was much amused with the idea of a boy no bigger than a man´s thumb. He decided to carry out the poor woman´s wish. Some time after, the farmer´s wife had a son. He (wonderful to tell!) was not bigger than his father´s thumb...
The Grasshopper jumped only half as high as high; but he leaped into the King´s face, who said that was ill- mannered. The Leap- frog stood still for a long time lost in thought; it was believed at last he would not jump at all...
Her little hands were almost numbed with cold. Oh! a match might afford her a world of comfort, if she only dared take a single one out of the bundle, draw it against the wall, and warm her fingers by it...