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THEN those mice set to work to do all the mischief they could--especially Tom Thumb! He took Jane's clothes out of the chest of drawers in her bedroom, and he threw them out of the top- floor window.

WITH Tom Thumb's assistance she carried the bolster down-stairs and across the hearth-rug.

But they were not so very, very naughty after all, because Tom Thumb paid for everything he broke.

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After opening with Cat's in the Well, from 1990 he turned the clock back much further with It Ain't Me Babe, Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues and It's Alright Ma,

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Our six-plant collection is only pounds 4.95 (inc p&p) and you'll get two each of the gorgeous double-flowered purple and cerise Dollar Princess, the delicate mauve and red Tom Thumb and the striking semi-double white and red Snowcap.

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So after Randalls purchased Dallas-based Tom Thumb in 1992, the question arose: Could the new generation concept be exported upstate?

Tom Thumb's first new generation store, opened in December 1993 on the busy intersection of Preston and Belt Line Roads in North Dallas, generates weekly sales of $709,000 and has surpassed the break-even point, says D.

Tom Thumb's new generation concept coincides with a trend among competing Dallas chains to emphasize perishables and hot foods.

(The average Tom Thumb store runs between 30,000 and 40,000 square feet.

Local broker Fred Arnold, chairman of the Gordon Co., characterizes the Tom Thumb new generation store as "very shoppable," adding, "It's what upscale consumers are looking for but doesn't rule out the average shopper."

To support the freshness theme, Tom Thumb has brought perishables' production activities out of the backroom and into full view of shoppers.

"We put our best foot forward when the majority of our customers are here." This approach, having succeeded at the new generation stores, is being applied now in other Tom Thumb and Randalls stores, adds Prestidge.

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