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Thumbelina
Once upon a time there lived a woman who wanted to have a child. A witch heard her wish and said, "Take this seed and plant it. Your wish will come true."
The woman planted the seed and it grew into a beautiful flower. When the flower opened, there was a tiny girl in the middle of the flower.

"My own daughter!" exclaimed the woman.
The little girl was no bigger than a thumb. "I will call her Thumbelina," said the woman. The woman had many flowers in her home and she let Thumbelina make her room among the flowers.

Thumbelina was very happy. The woman had put a bowl of water under the flowers. Thumbelina was so small that the bowl was like her own lake.

One day, a frog was sitting by the window and saw Thumbelina. "What a beautiful wife she would make for my son," thought the frog. She jumped into the kitchen and grabbed Thumbelina from the flowers.
 
The frog took Thumbelina to her home at the pond. She left Thumbelina on a Lily pad while she went to tell her son that she had found him a wife. Thumbelina began to cry because she did not want to marry a frog.
The fish heard her crying. They chewed the stem of the Lily pad until it was no longer attached to the bottom of the pond. Thumbelina was free and she sailed down a little stream.

When she reached the shore, she began to explore the forest. It was getting cold and Thumbelina needed a place to stay for the winter. She found a little door within the tall grass.

"Welcome to my house. Come in and have something to eat," said a mouse.

Thumbelina ate with the mouse. She stayed with him for the whole winter. During that time, Thumbelina met Mr. Mole - a very rich mole.
 
Mr. Mole loved to live in dark tunnels. Thumbelina loved the sunshine. Mr. Mole wanted to marry Thumbelina, but Thumbelina did not want to marry him.
A few days before their wedding, Thumbelina was sitting outside crying. A bird heard her cry and asked, "Why are you crying?" Thumbelina explained her situation. The bird offered to take Thumbelina to his home.
 
Thumbelina climbed on the bird's wing and they flew to an old house. The bird put Thumbelina in one of the flowers because he knew she loved flowers.
When the flower opened, she saw that there was a tiny prince inside. The prince was the same size as her! The prince loved the sunshine. The prince loved the flowers. The prince loved Thumbelina. The prince and Thumbelina got married and lived happily ever after.
  ~ The End ~
storyteller: Euming
illustrations: ©Vitali Konstantinov
生字:
seed n. 種子
thumb n. 大拇指
kitchen n. 廚房
grab v. 用力的抓起
chew v. 嚼
stem n. 莖
shore n. 河岸
mole n. 鼴鼠
tunnel n. 隧道
 
 


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