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Illustration by Gustave Doré, from Les Contes de Perrault (1862), depicting Hop-o'-My-Thumb hiding under a stool, listening to his parents as they discuss abandoning him and his brothers.

Illustration to "Le petit Poucet" from the first edition of Perrault's book (1697), showing Hop-o'-My-Thumb pulling the sleeping ogre's boots off.

Hop-o'-My-Thumb with the sleeping ogre, as shown at the Efteling.

Hop-o'-My-Thumb, as shown at the Efteling.

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Hop-o'-My-Thumb also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet, is one of the eight fairy tales published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé (1697), now world-renowned. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre. This type of fairytale, in the French oral tradition, is often combined with motifs from the type 327A, similar to Hansel and Gretel; one such tale is The Lost Children.
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Hop-o'-My-Thumb also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet, is one of the eight fairy tales published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou Contes du temps passé (1697), now world-renowned. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre. This type of fairytale, in the French oral tradition, is often combined with motifs from the type 327A, similar to Hansel and Gretel; one such tale is The Lost Children.

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