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took poor Tom and the thistle at one mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle, Tom was afraid of her great teeth, which threatened to crush him in                       pieces, and he roared out as loud as he                        could—-“Mother, mother!"                          “Where are you, Tommy, my dear                        Tommy,?” said his mother.                        “Here, mother," replied he, in the red cow's mouth."                         His mother began to cry and wring her                        hands; but the cow, surprised at the odd                        noise in her throat, opened her mouth,                        and let Tom drop out. Fortunately his                        mother caught him in her apron as he                        was falling to the ground, or he would                        have been dreadfully hurt. 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