Thumbelina Play Script
Mole:
(kicking the bird) Stupid bird!
Thumbelina: Don’t do that. Please!
Mole:
Thumbelina: Okay, I will.
Narrator:
It’s okay. He’s already dead.
Thumbelina: (kissing the bird) Poor bird... Thank you for singing so sweetly
Thumbelina climbed onto the swallow’s back. They flew over
fields, seas, and mountains.
Thumbelina: Thank you for saving me, Swallow!
last summer.
Narrator:
Swallow:
You’ll be safe here, Thumbelina.
Thumbelina made a blanket and covered the swallow.
Narrator:
Thumbelina and the swallow landed in the swallow’s snug
nest. Thumbelina was safe and happy at last.
Thumbelina: It will keep you warm.
Swallow:
(moving) Mmmmm!
Thumbelina: Oh my! You are alive! But your wing is torn.
Narrator:
Thumbelina nursed the swallow better until springtime.
Scene 3 (underground & outdoors)
Narrator:
It was springtime now. The swallow was almost strong
enough to leave.
Swallow:
Thank you, but I must go soon. What will you do,
Thumbelina?
Thumbelina: (sadly) I must stay here. The fieldmouse is planning my
wedding to the miserable mole.
Swallow:
Well, good luck, Thumbelina. Good bye.
Narrator:
The day before her wedding, Thumbelina took a long, last
look at the outside world.
Thumbelina: I’ll miss this beautiful land and blue sky.
Narrator:
Thumbelina would live underground from then on. But just
then, the swallow saw her and flew down.
Swallow:
Dear Thumbelina, do come with me!
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