Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 88
in good order the plow-man and his wife had sorrowful faces, sohe questioned them on the causeof their melancholy and learnedthat they were miserable be-cause they had no children.The poor woman declaredwith tears in her eyesthat she should be thehappiest creature in theworld if she had a son,even… … 68 The Story Teller very intimate with, her, and related to her the desire ofthe plowman and his wife to have a son the size of his fathers thumb. The queenof the fairies liked the planand declared that their wishshould be granted. Accord-^ ingly the plowmans wife hada son who was just as tallas…
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