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so rich. Together Mr. Mole and the field mouse made plans for his
wedding to Thumbelina.
Thumbelina became more and more unhappy. She didn’t know
What Does
Talk It Over
That Mean?
Use the be sureof the
Stop to words your
story and thewhat to
child knows picture
help your child answer
“weeping” means.
this question: Why was
Ask her what she
Thumbelina so cold?
would sound like if she
were weeping. Help
her know it means
“crying.”
what to do. But she did know that she did not want to marry the
mole. She sat outside the field mouse’s door one autumn day, quietly weeping. Suddenly a dark shadow came over her. She looked up
and, much to her surprise, there she saw her friend, the swallow.
”Thumbelina,” said the swallow. ”I am flying south to warmer
countries for the winter. Won’t you please come
with me now?”
This time Thumbelina agreed.
She was sad to leave the field
mouse, but she knew that it
was the only way that she
could escape from
marrying the mole.
She climbed upon the
swallow’s back and off
into the air they went.
They flew for
many days. Finally, the
swallow landed in a place
that Thumbelina had never
seen—a lovely little spot, filled with flowers.
Make Connections
Look back together at
the picture on the previous page to help
make the link between
Thumbelina’s flower
and the flowers on
these pages.
Thumbelina looked at the flower next to her. She watched the
petals slowly open. There, in the
middle of the flower, sat a little man with a golden crown.
He was the same tiny size as Thumbelina!
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