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THE LIFE CYCLE OF GENERAL TOM THUMB
A Short History
General Tom Thumb was born in 1838 and died in 1883. He became a world renown circus performer. He married Mercy Lavinia Bump in 1863. He was two feet, nine inches tall.
Author's Note
I once lived in a house directly across the street from the Tom Thumb Museum located in Middleboro, Massachusetts. A plague over the door read: Midgets are the last to know when it's raining and the first to know when there's a flood. The museum was destroyed by fire.
Tom Thumb is Born
Me
Be
.
Tom Thumb Comes to a Startling Realization
Me
wee.
Tom Thumb Runs Away From Home
Me
flee.
Tom Thumb Joins the Circus
Me.
Whee!
Tom Thumb Goes to Paris
Me.
Oui!
Tom Thumb Gets Married
Me.
We.
Tom Thumb Dies
Me.
Free.
At the Tom Thumb Gravesite
Weed
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