Original text of "Thumbelina"

Once upon a time, there was a woman who really wanted to have a child of her own, even a little one, but she was never pregnant. So she went to ask a famous witch. She said to the witch: "I really want a little child. Can you tell me how to get one?" "Hi! This is very simple!"

The witch said. "Take this barley grain. It is not an ordinary grain of wheat, not the kind grown in country people's fields, nor the kind eaten by chickens. Bury it in a flower pot. Soon you will be able to See what you want!"

One night, an ugly toad jumped in from the window because a piece of glass had been broken. This toad was ugly and big, and it drooled with a big mouth, making it all sticky. She jumped up to the table and saw Thumbelina sleeping under the petals.

"My dear, you are such a beauty. My son will definitely like her!" the toad said to himself. So she grabbed the walnut shell in which Thumbelina was sleeping, carefully carried it on her back and jumped out of the window and jumped into the garden.

The fish in the water felt pity for the little Thumbelina and bit off a stem of the lotus leaf. Thumbelina floated along the lotus leaf to a foreign country. Abandoned in a forest by a scarab beetle. In the morning, with dew as drink and nectar as food, life was pretty good. Summer and autumn passed, but the cold and long winter came, and Thumbelina came to live in the field mouse's house.

After a few days, the field mouse said: "The richest gentleman here - Mole is coming. If you marry him, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth." The next day. , the Mole came wearing the black swan's fur coat, because he was blind and could not see Thumbelina's face clearly, so the field mouse asked Thumbelina to sing a song, and the mole soon fell in love with her.

Actually, Thumbelina does not like moles because she likes sunshine and flowers and is disgusted with them. Thumbelina once rescued a swallow in the tunnel. At that time, the swallow was about to fly to another country, so he asked Thumbelina: "Are you willing to go to another country with me?"

Thumbelina The girl readily agreed. The swallow flew with Thumbelina on its back, flew to that country, and placed Thumbelina on the most beautiful flower. On it was a beautiful man as big as himself. He was the prince of all flowers. They got married. , Thumbelina became the flower queen here.