She then put Tom in
her bosom and ran home with him.
Tom's father made him a whip of a barley straw to drive the cattle
with, and having one day gone into the fields, he slipped a foot and
rolled into the furrow. A raven, which was flying over, picked him
up, and flew with him to the top of a giant's castle that was near the
sea-side, and there left him.
Tom was in a dreadful state, and did not know what to do; but he was
soon more dreadfully frightened; for old Grumbo the giant came up to
walk on the terrace, and seeing Tom, he took him up and swallowed him
like a pill.
The giant had no sooner swallowed Tom than he began to repent what he
hand done; for Tom began to kick and jump about so much that he felt
very uncomfortable, and at last threw him up again into the sea. A
large fish swallowed Tom the moment he fell into the sea, which was
soon after caught, and bought for the table of King Arthur. When
they opened the fish in order to cook it, everyone was astonished
at finding such a little boy, and Tom was quite delighted to be out
again. They carried him to the King, who made Tom his dwarf, and he
soon grew a great favorite at court; for by his tricks and gambols he
not only amused the King and Queen, but also all the Knights of the
Round Table.
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