little man in Australian fairy tales
here no white man had ever been and which was supposed by everybody to be a dreary wilderness without river, or lake, or anything to sustain life in the way of game. Tiny Thumbcake, or as we shall call him, Hop-o’-my-thumb, was both surprised and delighted at the news imparted to him by the wallaby…
- Record ID
- 1,497
- Year
- 1,897
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1497
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- Australian fairy tales; Atha Westbury
- Published
- 1897
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- little man
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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here no white man had ever been and which was supposed by everybody to be a dreary wilderness without river, or lake, or anything to sustain life in the way of game. Tiny Thumbcake, or as we shall call him, Hop-o’-my-thumb, was both surprised and delighted at the news imparted to him by the wallaby—namely, that the Unknown Country, ruled over by Slubber the Giant, was both beautiful and fertile, and one of the finest climates under the Southern Cross. And so in due time, guided by the faithful wallaby, our hero came to the country of Slubber, and took up his abode in a rich and well-watered valley, beside a high mountain, and here.
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