Pree-Kindergraden - Classics Tales ( Activity Pages)

The mother toad wanted Thumbelina to marry her son.The mother toad and her son placed Thumbelina on a water lily leaf in the river. Then they set off to plan the wedding. Thumbelina was very sad. She began to cry. Thumbelina spent the rest of the winter in the mouse’s snug burrow. They became good friends.

A fish heard Thumbelina’s sobs. It nibbled on the

stem

of the lily pad until the leaf broke free. Thumbelina floated down the river. Summer disappeared, and winter came. Thumbelina was cold. A field mouse took pity on her. “My dear, you must come home with me,” the field mouse said.