THUMBELINA

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(1) The Shepherdess and the sweep (2) Pinocchio

(3) Thumbelina (4) Beauty And The Beast 

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tiny little child. But she was not sure whether she

would be able to have one. So she went to see the old

village witch and said to her, I beg you to help me have a

child!''

The witch gave her a grain of barley and told her to plant it.

It was a magic grain. The woman placed it in a pot from which

a beautiful flower soon grew, whose petals were tightly

closed.

What a pretty flower! said the woman as she kissed it.

Immediately, there was a small

explosion, the flower opened, and a tiny

girl appeared. She was no taller than a

thumb. Her mother named her

Thumbelina and put her to bed in a

walnut shell which served as her

cradle.

One night, when Thumbelina was fast asleep, a wicked

toad came through the window. She seized the nutshell and

took it to the marsh where she lived.

''Look my son, at the pretty bridle I have found for you!''

But the toad's son, who was as ugly as his mother, could

only say, ''Croak croak, brekke.....kex,'' when he was saw her.

''We will pout her on a water lily pad. It will be an island

from which she cannot escape, said his mother.

The following morning, when she saw where she was,

Thumbelina began to weep.

He will be your husband and you will have a lovely home in

the riverbed's mud, said the mother toad.

Croack, croak, brekke...kex, said the son approvingly.

The poor little girl sat on the water-lily and cried so hard

that even the fish were moved. Such a pretty little girl cannot

marry that hideous toad, they said So they nibbled away,

beneath the water, at the stem of the lily pad, and

Thumbelina drifted away.

 Thumbelina was so glad to have escaped from the toad and

her son, that she enjoyed watching the countryside go by as

she drifted along. Soon she met a pretty, white butterfly that

accompanied her on her journey for a short way. Then a

mayfly came and carried her away into the forest. But the

other mayflies mocked her.

She has only one set of legs and no antennae. We cannot

keep her with us.''

So Thumbelina remained

alone in the forest. She drank the

morning dew and gathered the

juice from the wildflowers. She

stayed there all summer and fall

Then came the freezing winter.

Thumbelina wrapped herself up in a bead

leaf and walked for a long time to find shelter. At

the edge of the woods, she came to the door of a dormouse's

home. It was a small hole hidden by some wisps of straw. It is

so cold, she said weeping Please open the door.''

Come in, little one, come into the warmth of my room. You

can stay here all winter if you will do a little housework and

tell me pretty stories.''

One day, the dormouse said to her, We are going to enjoy

the company of my neighbor the mole. He would make a very

good husband for you, as he is very rich and very wise. But he

is blind. You will have to tell him your most beautiful stories to

entertain him.

Ladies, come and visit my abode, said the mole with pride.

And he led them through a long, dark tunnel. On the ground

there was a dying bird.

''Do not stop for such a trifle, he said it is only a swallow.

But Thumbelina did not like the mole's cold heart.

The following night, Thumbelina was unable to sleep

because all she could think of was the swallow. She went down

into the tunnel and placed her head on the dead bird's chest.

The creature's heart was softly beating. Every night,

Thumbelina are, turned and secretly nursed the swallow,

Which slowly regained its strength.

Soon spring will be here and I shall be able to fly away,

said the swallow. Would you like to come with me?''

''It would make the dormouse too said, said Thumbelina.

Think about it said the swallow and flew away.

Thumbelina returned to the dormouse's home. The

creature was very excited about Thumbelina's marriage to the

mole, and was planning the celebrations.

Good boy, dear sun! said Thumbelina lifting her eyes to

the sly. I will be kept beneath ground and I will never see you

again!''

Thumbelina, instead of staying underground with that

heartless mole, come and join me on my adventures.

Feeling happy once again, Thumbelina jumped

on to the swallow's back. They flew through the

air, over mountains valleys and seas, to arrive

in a hot country.

In this wonderful place, grew the most beautiful white

flowers in all the world. Right inside the petals of one of the

flowers there was a tiny man who was so transparent that he

looked and had cycle wings. He bowed low to Thumbelina.

Will you be my wife, and become queen of the flowers? he

asked.

''Yes Charming prince answered Thumbelina.

White wings were placed on Thumbelina's back and she

was able to fly from one flowers to the next.

Tweet-tweet, the swallow twittered then he flew a way to

tell Thumbelina's mother that her tiny daughter was safe and

happy at last.

There are more than 4 children's story English

(1) The Shepherdess and the sweep (2) Pinocchio

(3) Thumbelina (4) Beauty And The Beast 

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