De geschiedenis van Klein Duimpje

The History of Little Thumbcirca 1895
Google translation of the begining
In a village once lived a woodcut and his wife. They were all-e.Three they were not rich. They both did their best to provide for the needs of the household, to which everything belonged, for they had six children.
At least evening the wood-jacker came home very tired. It was no wonder, for he had worked the whole day. He sat down by the hearth and looked into the fire.
“What is the matter?” asked his wife, after sitting still and quiet for half an hour.
“Oh, my wife,” he replied, “I’ll tell you. Our family is great, so I can no longer care for all. I work from the morning asked until night, but that does not avail me anything. I would therefore like to introduce you to send the children somewhere, where they can earn something. Tomorrow they have to go to the woods, then they can see how it looks there. Maybe I can rent them out from someone or another.”