Seven league boots allow the wearer to move seven leagues with each step. Little Thumbling steals these boots from an ogre. When he puts them on, they shrink to fit him and he uses them much like a magical mobility aid to make his family's fortune.
Sources: Hop-o'-My-Thumb (or Little Thumbling) by Charles Perrault (1697). Image: Gustave Doré 1862.
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