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Myths and Legends

108-Tom Thumb: Thumbs Up

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.825.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tom Thumb is the story of a guy named Tom...who is as big as his dad's thumb. A practical joke by a wizard, Tom went on to become Sir Thomas Thumb, the greatest knight in the realm, but not before becoming indigestion for a giant, a raven's canker sore, and exploring all the thrilling intricacies of a cow's digestive system. The creature this week is a fish that's more manly than I'll ever be. --- Sponsor: Amazon Music Unlimited: It has millions of songs and you can play it just by speaking. You can start a 30-day trial free at http://amazonmusic.com --- Music: "Le Monstre" by Podington Bear "Pives and Flarinet" by Podington Bear "Elephants on Parade" by Podington Bear "Releaseing the Sculpture" by Podington Bear "Two Boys and a Girl" by Podington Bear "Airliner" by Podington Bear "New Skin" by Podington Bear "Denouement" by Podington Bear "Waiting for the Moment that Never Comes" by Lee Rosevere "You're Enough" by Lee Rosevere

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0:00.0

This week, on Myths and Legends, it's the story of Tom Thumb.

0:04.1

And you'll see how if you take your child to work for the day, make sure they don't get

0:07.6

eaten by a cow, or raven, or pudding.

0:11.5

Really, if those things keep happening, maybe parenting isn't for you.

0:16.1

The creature this time is just a completely normal trout, with a massive amount of chest

0:20.8

hair.

0:27.0

This is Myths and Legends, Episode 108.

0:30.2

Thumbs up.

0:35.7

This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.

0:39.3

Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.

0:44.4

Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening.

0:48.0

Today, it's the story of Tom Thumb, perhaps the oldest English fairy tale.

0:53.0

I don't want to give too much away, so we'll talk about the many different versions after the story,

0:57.3

but we'll start today's story with Tom's future parents, helping out a curiously familiar

1:02.2

face.

1:11.1

The beggar's hand shook as he raised the piece of bread to his mouth.

1:15.4

He made quick work of it.

1:17.1

Then drink as much milk as the couple would give him.

1:19.4

To a distracting level, he ignored the foam in his mustache and little rivulets of warm,

1:24.8

unpasturized milk that ran down his beard as he thanked the pair and remarked that, given

1:30.4

that they had food to eat and they were in their fifties and not dead yet, by the medieval

1:34.8

world standard, they were doing pretty well.

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