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When the pancakes had been fried, and mother and son had enjoyed themselves to the full, the farmer who had given them
HOP-O’-MY-THUMB AND THE ROBBERS
the milk came to ask Hop-o’-my-Thumb’s mother if her son could take his cows to graze the next day.
Hop-o’-my-Thumb threw them some Crumbs
Next morning Hop-o’-my-Thumb went off to the field, taking a large pancake with him. On the way he came to a stream which was too wide for him to jump.