He pressed in
among the people, a crowd of whom had already assembled to
witness the show. I cannot tell you what the show was. I am only
concerned in telling you what Thomas Tubbs saw and did; and, to
tell the plain truth, he didn't see anything at all. He was
wedged in among people a foot or two taller than himself. Now, it
is not pleasant to hear all about you laughing heartily and not
even catch a glimpse of what amuses them so much. Thomas Tubbs
was human, and as curious as most people. just as a six-footer
squeezed in front of him he could not help framing, in his
vexation, this wish:
" 'Oh, dear! I wish I were ten feet high!'
"Luckless Thomas Tubbs! Never had he framed a more unfortunate
wish. On the instant he shot up from an altitude of four feet six
to ten feet. Fortunately his clothes expanded proportionally. So,
instead of being below the medium height, he was raised more than
four feet above it.
"Of course, his immediate neighbors became aware of the gigantic
presence, though they did not at all recognize its identity with
the little tailor, Thomas Tubbs.
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