thumbelina
View company contact information for Thumbelina on IMDbPro. [1]
She was scarcely half as long as a thumb, and they gave her the name of ‘Thumbelina,’ or Tiny, because she was so small. [2]
“I will call her Thumbelina,” thought the woman. [...] The mole had recently dug a tunnel from his house to the field mouse’s and he invited Thumbelina and the mouse to use it as often as they liked. [...] “What a lovely flower,” said the woman as she kissed the red and yellow petals that were closed so tightly. [3]
‘It is a beautiful flower,’ said the woman, and she kissed the red and golden-colored leaves, and while she did so the flower opened, and she could see that it was a real tulip. [...] A short time before, the mole had dug a long passage under the earth, which led from the dwelling of the field-mouse to his own, and here she had permission to walk with Tiny whenever she liked. [...] In the middle of the floor lay a dead swallow, his beautiful wings pulled close to his sides, his feet and his head drawn up under his feathers; the poor bird had evidently died of the cold. [2]
Now Thumbelina could see that the bird was a dead swallow with its wings pressed close to its body. [3]
The tiny girl meets a fairy prince who saves her from the creatures of the woods. [1]
The tale was published by C.A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark and tells the story of a thumb-sized girl and her adventures with sex-and-marriage-minded amphibians, insects, and mammals before wedding a flower-fairy prince just her size. [4]
She was so beautiful and so delicate, and exactly one inch long. [3]
This article is about the 1835 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. [4]
Meanwhile the old toad was very busy under the marsh, decking her room with rushes and wild yellow flowers, to make it look pretty for her new daughter-in-law. [...] It was a perfect bird, with a beak and feathers, and could not have been dead long, and was lying just where the mole had made his passage. [2]
Sources:
[1] Thumbelina (1994)
[2] Hans Christian Andersen: Little Tiny or Thumbelina
[3] Thumbelina
[4] Thumbelina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia