The Seven-League Boots (3)

The Seven-League Boots (3)

The next morning he got up very early and went to the bank of a stream where he filled his pockets with little white stones.

Then he returned the house later, Thumbkin kept his secret to himself.

Soon they were in a thick forest where it was impossible to see each other at a distance of ten steps.

The woodcutter started to work felling trees, while the children collected twigs and made bundles out of them.

When their parents saw them working hard, they gradually moved away and then suddenly took off along a little footpath, which returned home by a different route.

When the children realized they were alone, they started to call for their parents and some began to cry.

Thumbkin told them not to cry.
For he knew very well how to get back to the house.
As they had walked along, he had marked the path by dropping the little white stones from his pockets.



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