Tom Thumb
by The Brothers Grimm
Tom Thumb is a fairytale written by The Brothers Grimm. How would you feel to be the smallest boy in the world, not bigger than a thumb? Try it now! You can take the place of Tom Thumb in this fairytale. Just enter your name and click the green button below to rewrite the story as you like it.
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List of characters
| A poor woodsman | Father of Tom Thumb. | |
| Wife of the woodsman | Mother of Tom Thumb. | |
| Tom Thumb | A tiny boy, not bigger than your thumb. | |
| Two men | They buy Tom Thumb from his father. | |
| Two thieves | Who want to use Tom Thumb to steal from the parson. | |
| The cook | Who chases the thieves away. Later he feeds hay to the cow, but unfortunately Tom is sleeping in that bundle of hay. | |
| The maid | Who is milking the cow and hears Tom talking inside. | |
| The parson | Who orders the cow to be killed. | |
| The wolf | Who eats the stomach of the cow, with Tom inside it. |
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