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it would open. Hop-o'-my-thumb took as much of Ihcse
riches as he thought would be enough to maintain his father,
mother, and brothers, without the fatigue of labour, all the rest
of their lives ; saying to himself all the while that it was better
an honest faggot-maker should have part of such great riches,
than an Ogre, who Hid nothing hut cat children, and who kept

all the money locked up, without spending it or giving any to
the poor. In a short time Hop-o'-my-thumb came to his
father’s house, and all the family were glad to see him again.
As the great fame of his boots had been talked of at court in
this time, the king sent for him, and indeed employed him very
often in the greatest affairs of the state, so that he became one