Thumbelina Play Script
Characters : Narrator, Thumbelina, Toad, Fish, Butterfly, Beetle, Fieldmouse,
Mole, Swallow
Scene 1
Narrator:
Beetle:
Narrator:
(outdoors)
Long ago, there was a beautiful, tiny girl called Thumbelina.
Thumbelina: I like singing songs. La, la, la, ...
Narrator:
I am taking you to my friends. They’ll like you.
But the beetle’s friends thought she was ugly, so he left her
on a daisy.
Beetle:
Good bye now. My friends don’t like you.
Narrator:
All summer, she listened happily to the birds singing sweetly,
but winter soon came along.
One night a toad stole her away
Thumbelina: (crying) What are you doing? Where are you taking me?
Thumbelina: It’s getting colder. I need to find somewhere warm to stay.
Thumbelina walked in the snow. She tried to find
somewhere warm.
Toad:
I’m taking you to my son.
Narrator:
Narrator:
The toad trapped Thumbelina on a lily pad so she could not
get away.
Thumbelina: Oh, I’m freezing. Help me!
You will marry my son!
Narrator:
Toad:
Thumbelina: (crying) Oh no! Your son is horrible!
Narrator:
(whispering) Thumbelina, Thumbelina! Don’t cry. I will save
Fieldmouse: You can stay with me, but you must marry my friend, the
mole. He lives underground.
A fish heard Thumbelina crying and nibbled the lily pad free.
Fish:
you.
Thumbelina: (crying) Oh no ... not again!
Narrator:
Thumbelina: (smiling) Thank you, Fish!
Narrator:
When Thumbelina floated away, a beautiful butterfly came
by.
Butterfly:
Hello, Thumbelina. Hold on to this string and I will pull you
along until you are safe.
Thumbelina: How kind of you. Thank you, Butterfly!
Narrator:
Then suddenly, a beetle swooped down and grabbed
Thumbelina.
Thumbelina: (frightened) Help! Help me!
Just then, a fieldmouse came and rescued her.
Scene 2
Narrator:
It was too cold outside, so Thumbelina had to stay with the
fieldmouse.
(underground)
The fieldmouse took Thumbelina underground to meet the
mole.
Fieldmouse: Hi, Mole. This is Thumbelina and she is going to marry you.
Mole:
She is beautiful. Thank you, Fieldmouse. Hello, Thumbelina!
Thumbelina: (sadly) Hello.
Narrator:
Then the mole showed Thumbelina a dead swallow at the
end of his tunnel.
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