N: the field mouse took thumbelina underground to meet the mole.
F: Hi,mole. this is thumbelina and she is going to marry you.
M: she is beautiful. thank you, field mouse. Hello, thumbelina.
T: (sadly) Hello.
N: Then the mole showed thumbelina a dead swallow at the end of his tunnel.
M: (kicking the bird) stupid bird.
T: don't do that. please.
M: it's okay. he's already dead.
T (kissing the bird) poor bird...thank you for singing so sweetly last summer.
N: thumbelina made a blanket and covered the swallow.
T: oh my. you are alive. but your wing is torn.
N: thumbelina nursed the swallow better until springtime.