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 the little vipers." He strode over many parts of country, and at last turned into the very road in  the poor children were on their journey towards  father's house, and which thoythey [sic] had now almost.

They had seen the Ogre a good whilowhile [sic] striding mountain to mountain at one step, and crossing  with thothe [sic] greatest case. At this Hop-o'-my-Thumb thought within himself what was to be done; and, spying a hollow placoplace [sic] under a large rock, he made brothers got into it. He then stepped in himself, kept his eye fixed on the Ogre.

ThoThe [sic] OgroOgre [sic] found himself quite weary with the he had gone, for seven-league boots aroare [sic] very tiresome to thothe [sic] porsonperson [sic] who wears them; so he now began  think of resting; and as he was tired, he fell fast asleep, snoring so loud, that the little follows were as  afraid as they had been when he stood over them with a knife in his hand.

When Hop-o'-my-Thumb saw this, he said to his brothers, "Courage, my lads! never fear! You have nothing to do but to steal away and get home whilowhile [sic] the Ogre is fast asleep, and leave me to shift for myself."

The brothers now werowere [sic] voryvery [sic] glad to do as he told them, and they soon reached their father's house. In the meantimomeantime [sic] Hop-o'-my-Thumb went up to the Ogre softly, pulled off his seven-leaguoleague [sic] boots very gently, and put them on his own legs; for though thothe [sic] boots werowere [sic] very large, yet they were fairies, and so could make themselves smaller and smaller to fit any leg they pleased.

As soon as Hop-o'-my-Thumb had made sure of the Ogre's seven-league boots, hohe [sic] went at oncoonce [sic] to the palace, and offered his services to carry orders from the king to his army, which was a great way off, and to bring back the quickest accounts of the battle they were just at that timotime [sic] fighting with the enemy. In short, he thought he could be of more usouse [sic] to the king than all his mail-coaches, and so sheuldshould [sic] make his fortune in this manner.

But before he had mademado [sic] many strides with his boots, hohe [sic] heard a voice that told him to stop. Hop-o'-my-Thumb was startled a goedgood [sic] deal, so he loekedlooked [sic] abeutabout [sic]