Thumbelina

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At last they came to a blue lake, and by the side of it, shaded by trees of the deepest green, stood a palace of dazzling white marble, built in the olden times. There dwelt the field mouse in warmth and comfort, with a whole roomful of corn, a kitchen, and a beautiful dining room. Thumbelina ( / ˌ θ ʌ m b ə ˈ l iː n ə/; Danish: Tommelise) is a literary novel bedtime story fairy tale written by the famous Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. But she took courage, laid the wool more thickly over the poor swallow, and then took a leaf which she had used for her own counterpane and laid it over his head. But Thumbelina could not sleep that night; so she got out of bed, and plaited a great big blanket of straw, and carried it off, and spread it over the dead bird, and piled upon it thistle-down as soft as cotton-wool, which she had found in the field-mouse’s room, so that the poor little thing should lie warmly buried.

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Thank you,” said the woman; and she gave the witch a shilling, went home, and planted the barley-corn, and immediately there grew up a big handsome flower, which looked like a tulip; but the leaves were tightly closed, as though it was still a bud.At last they came to warm lands; there the sun was brighter, the sky seemed twice as high, and in the hedges hung the finest green and purple grapes; in the woods grew oranges and lemons: the air was scented with myrtle and mint, and on the roads were pretty little children running about and playing with great gorgeous butterflies. In the middle of the floor lay a dead swallow, his beautiful wings pressed close against his sides, and his head and feet drawn back under his feathers; the poor bird had certainly died of cold. So Toad swam out to the centre of the stream and set the walnut shell down on the leaf of the biggest water lily. Then they flew down with her off the tree, and set her upon a daisy, and she cried, because she was so ugly that the cockchafers would have nothing to say to her; and yet she was the loveliest little being one could imagine, and as tender and fair as the most beautiful rose-leaf. It was a swallow, its beautiful wings pressed close against its sides, its legs and head huddled into its feathers.

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The mouse thought the mole would make a good husband for Thumbelina because he had lots of food in his kitchen and wore velvets and furs. The little fishes swimming in the water below had seen the toad, and they had heard what she said; and so they lifted up their heads out of the water, for they wanted to see the little girl.

My nest is high up on a marble column, but you will be better down here, on one of these flowers,’ the swallow told Thumbelina. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Thank you, pretty little maiden,” said the sick swallow; “I have been so nicely warmed that I shall soon regain my strength and be able to fly about again in the warm sunshine. Outline:- A rewritten title from the previous Read it Yourself series with the original concept of the child reading a familiar story and the link with Key Words retained. and other songs so prettily that the mole fell in love with her; but he did not say anything, he was a very cautious man.

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But most of all she was sorry for the pretty white butterfly she had bound fast to the leaf, for if he could not free himself he would starve. Vines hung about the high pillars; there were many swallows’ nests, and in one of these lived the swallow who was carrying Thumbelina. She plaited herself a bed out of blades of grass, and hung it up under a large burdock leaf, so that she was protected from the rain.Even though they did not have much Hans was happy for growing up next to a father who recognized his love for adventures and stories. Many of doing something that we don't want, but as long as we are true to ourselves, honest and kind, just like Thumbelina, we will overcome these obstacles and in the end get what is best for us. Thumbelina is born from a grain of barley planted in the ground: as beautiful as a flower but small as a thumb, the child amazes with her beauty and her sweet voice all those she meets. The leaf which was farthest out was also the largest of all, and to that the old toad swam out and laid the walnut-shell upon it with Thumbelina.

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The field-mouse told her how rich and how wise he was, and how his house was more than twenty times larger than hers, that he had learning, but that he did not like the sun and beautiful flowers, and sneered at them, for he had never seen them.She was very ugly, clumsy, and clammy; she hopped on to the table where Thumbelina lay asleep under the red rose-leaf. Near the wood in which she had been living was a large cornfield, but the corn had been cut a long time; nothing remained but the bare, dry stubble, standing up out of the frozen ground. The 2002 animated film The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina is loosely based on the fairy tale. The sun shone brightly down upon her, and the swallow asked her if she would go with him; she could sit upon his back. But the corn had been gone a long time; only the dry, bare stubble was left standing in the frozen ground.