N: long ago,there was a beautiful, tiny girl called thumbelina.
T: i like singing songs. la,la...
N: one night a toad stole her away.
T: (crying) what are you doing? where are you taking me?
TT: i'm taking you to my son.
N: the toad trapped thumbelina on a lily pad so she could not get away.
TT: you will marry my son.
T: (crying) oh on. your son is horrible.
N: a fish heard thumBelina crying and nibbled the lily pad free.
F: (whispering) thumbelina, thumbelina. don't cry. i will save you.
T: (smiling) thank you,fish.
N: when thumbelina floated away, a beautiful butterfly came by.
B: hello, thumbelina. hold on to this string and i will pull you along until you are safe.
T: how kind of you. thank you, butterfly.
N: then suddenly, a beetle swooped down and grabbed thumbelina.
T: (frightened) help help me.
B: i am taking you to my friends. they'll like you.
N: but the beetle's friends thought she was ugly,so he left her on a daisy.
B: good bye now. my friends don't like you.
N: all summer, she listened happily to the birds singing sweetly, but winter soon came along.
T: it's getting colder. i need to find somewhere warm to stay.
N: thumbelina walked in the snow. she tried to find somewhere warm.
T: oh, i'm freezing. help me.
N: just then, a field mouse came and rescued her.
FM: you can stay with me, but you must marry my friend, the mole. he lives underground.
T: (crying) oh on...not again.
N: it was too cold outside, so thumbelina had to stay with the field mouse.