Tom Thumb (adaptation, Joseph Jacobs)

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I. The Poor Beggar

Once upon a time, in the days of King Arthur, there lives a great magician. His name is Merlin. He is very wise. He knows more than any other man in the world. And he can change the way he looks. He can look like anybody he likes.

One day, Merlin goes out on the road. Today he looks like a poor beggar. His clothes are old and grey. He walks and walks, and he gets very tired. He is hungry too.

Near the road there is a little house. A ploughman lives there with his wife. A ploughman works in the fields with a plough. The plough cuts long lines in the ground, and then the ploughman puts seeds in them.

Merlin knocks on the door. The ploughman opens it.

“Good day,” says Merlin. “I am a poor old man, and I am very tired.