Hop-o'-My-Thumb (le petit Poucet) is the youngest of seven children in a poor woodcutter's family. His greater wisdom compensates for his smallness of size. When the children are abandoned by their parents, he finds a variety of means to save his life and the lives of his brothers. After being threatened and … Meer weergeven Hop-o'-My-Thumb (Hop-on-My-Thumb), or Hop o' My Thumb, also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet (French: Le petit Poucet), is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault Meer weergeven The French folktale was first published by Charles Perrault as Le petit Poucet in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697. The French name for the hero, "Poucet" … Meer weergeven • France portal • Children's literature portal • Thumbling • Tom Thumb • Molly Whuppie Meer weergeven A poor woodcutter and his wife are no longer able to support their children and intend to abandon them in a forest. Hop-o'-My-Thumb, … Meer weergeven • Hop-o'-My-Thumb, his brothers, and the ogre appear in the final act of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty. • He is also portrayed in Ravel's Ma mère l'oye. • Jean-Claude Mourlevat adapted the Hop-o'-My-Thumb character in the award-winning … Meer weergeven • Works related to Little Thumb at Wikisource • Media related to Hop o' My Thumb at Wikimedia Commons • Sur la Lune: "Little Tom Thumb" by Charles Perrault Meer weergeven Web[häp′ō mī thum΄] n. [earlier hop on my thombe < HOP1] a very small person; midget

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WebHop o* my Thumb now went to Court, laden with his hard won spoil, and paid his respects to the King, who did him the favor to accept of his rich gifts, and rewarded him by making … WebNoun: ·Hop-o'-my-thumb is a very small person or creature lauluja hääparille

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WebHop-o'my-thumb and The seven-league Boots by CRUIKSHANK, George and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Hop O' … WebHop-O' My-Thumb looked about and luckily espied a small cave, into which he told his brothers to hide, and just time to get in himself, when the Ogre, seeing the bank, which was over this cave, laid himself down, as we said, and went to sleep; and as soon as he began to snore, Hop said to his brothers, — WebHop-o'-My-Thumb Etymology [ edit] From the idea that such a person could hop over somebody's thumb; in common use in the 16th century. Noun [ edit] hop - o' - my - thumb ( plural hop-o'-my-thumbs ) ( colloquial, dated) A very small person or creature. quotations Usage notes [ edit] lauluja karjalasta