Thumbelina

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The little prince was at first quite frightened at the bird, who was like a giant compared to such a delicate little creature as himself; but when he saw Thumbelina he was delighted and thought her the prettiest little maiden he had ever seen. Thumbelina pleased him, and she, too, was delighted, for now the toads could not reach her, and it was so beautiful where she was traveling; the sun shone on the water and made it sparkle like the brightest silver. The green leaf floated away down the stream, and the butterfly with it, for he was fastened to the leaf and could not get loose from it. With the help of friendly fish and a butterfly, Thumbelina escapes the toad and her son, and drifts on a lily pad until captured by a Cockchafer who later discards her when his friends reject her company. Then all of a sudden she felt a pair of claws grip her around the waist and lift her off the lily leaf.

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There was once a woman who wished for a tiny little child, but she did not know where she could get one. Adapted from Hans Andersen by Grace Rogers and with lnie drawings by her, figures and scenes created by Lawrence Bradshaw with colour photography by Zoltan Wegner Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.What is the use of his twittering if, when winter comes, he must either starve or be frozen to death? The old toad bowed low in the water before her, and said: ‘Here is my son; you shall marry him, and live in great magnificence down under the marsh. All the birds who had sung to her so sweetly had flown away, and the trees and the flowers had withered.

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Then there was much rejoicing, and the little swallow, who sat above them in his nest, was asked to sing a wedding song, which he did as well as he could; but in his heart he felt sad, for he was very fond of Thumbelina and would have liked never to part from her again. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Traveling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. Thumbelina trembled very much; she was quite frightened, for the bird was large, a great deal larger than herself (she was only an inch high).

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. He was rich and learned, no doubt, but he always spoke slightingly of the sun and the pretty flowers, because he had never seen them.