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THE SYNOPSIS STORY OF THUMBELINA.

A woman wants a little child, and when she goes to a witch that's exactly what

she gets. Thumbelina is borne of a kernel of barley-corn.

Thumbelina lives with the woman who wished for her, with tiny possessions

befitting her size. The women are very excited with the presence of

Thumbelina and strive to provide comfort for this little tiny. Thumbelina is

pretty and she sings beautifully. But one night, an ugly old toad steals into the

home and sees in Thumbelina a bride for her uglier son. The toad son can

only croak, though the mother toad can speak. She kidnapped Thumbelina

from her home.

Thumbelina is held captive on a lily pad in a swamp until some little fishes -

who understand her jinx decide to help Thumbelina to escape . They bite the

green stalk and the lily pad which Thumbelina stood float away. As she

passes the town Thumbelina's beauty was praised by birds in their song and

she's befriended by a little white butterfly as she sails downriver on her lily

pad boat.

Until along comes a cockchafer, who caught sight of Thumbelinas beauty.

Finally , the cockchafer let her go because the other cockroaches convince

him how ugly Thumbelina is.

Thumbelina lived alone in the forest. When the winter come , Thumbelina was

nearly starving and frozen to death. At last, she find the home of an old field-

mouse and begs for food.

The kind old field-mouse takes Thumbelina in, feeding her and keeping her

warm. As a return ,she had to keep the house clean and tell the field mouse

story. Unfortunately, the field-mouse remembered of her blind old neighbour,

a mole, and thinks Thumbelina will be the perfect wife for him. Thumbelina

finds herself facing again an unwanted marriage, but this time she doesn't

want to disappoint the old field-mouse who has been so good to her.

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Meanwhile, under the earth , Thumbelina met a pretty swallow. The swallow

was very weak . Thumbelina nursed the swallow until it heal. When the spring

came the swallow left Thumbelina.

Before Thumbelina get marry with the mole, the swallow returns to save her. .

She flies on his back to the swallow nest at the top of the palace. The

swallow place Thumbelina on the broad leaves near the palace. She was very

surprised to see that in each flower dwells a tiny people.

Naturally, there's a charming prince among them who attracted with

Thumbelinas beauty. The prince asked her to be his wife and Thumbelina

agree. Thumbelina is renamed by the spirit of the flower, Mala. She was alsogiven a pair of beautiful wings, and likely lives happily ever after.

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The theme of Thumbelina story

Thumbelina is a fairy tales story about the brave little girl. The

story is about tenacity that should always be in ourself.Never give

up, no matter what it cost.

Setting

1.At night in Thumbelinas house where she been took away by

the ugly toad.

2. At night in the garden where the toad lives with her ugly son.

3. The stream where the toad captive Thumbelina.

4. The tree where the cockchafer lives.

5. The wide forest . Thumbelina been here for such a long time

until winter came.

6. The corn field. Thumbelina met field mouse and the blind mole.

7. Under the earth. The blind mole lives here . This is also the

place where Thumbelina met the weak swallow.

8. The old palace with the dazzling white marble . The swallow

nest is at the top of the palace.Near the palace grown the large

white flowers where Thumbelina met the prince.

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The character in Thumbelina.

The main character and the heroine of the story is Thumbelina.

She is tiny as a thum. She so beautiful, delicate and graceful.

Thumbelina loves to sing.

The childless lady that is Thumbelina adoptive mother. She is very kind lady

that took care of Thumbelina.

Fairy- has magical power and very kind. She full fill the ladys wished by given

her a barleycorn.

Mother toad is a big and ugly toad. She kidnap Thumbelina and want to marry

Thumbelina with her ugly son.

The toad son. An ugly toad that could only cry.

Little fishes. They are very kind . They help Thumbelina to escape from the

ugly toad.

The swallow is Thumbelina friends since they first meet and although they say

goodbye shortly after their first meeting, destiny brings the two friends

together again. The swallow always singing to Thumbelina. After Thumbelina

saves the swallow from death, the swallow help her run away from the

unwanted wedding.

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The little white butterfly is so lovely and graceful. It is also kind and strong.

Thumbelina tied one end of her girdle around the butterfly and another one at

the leaf where he stood.

The cockshafer. Admire with Thumbelina s beauty .He took Thumbelina

To the big tree . But let her go because all his friends said Thumbelina is an

ugly creature.

The field mouse is so kind to Thumbelina but she is not honest. She force

Thumbelina to marry with her blind neighbour the mole.

The Mole.

He is the ugly blind rich old mole who falls in love with Thumbelina from the

moment he hears her beautiful singing.

The prince. He was an angel of the flower. He is tiny and handsome . He has

delicate wings. He fascinated with Thumbelina beauty. Finally , the price

married to Thumbelina.

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Personel response

I like Thumbelina Story because it show the brave attitude oflittle tiny girl name Thumbelina. In her adventure , she so

tough facing all the difficulties.

All together , there are 12 character in this story with differentevent. This make the story more interesting. This magicalfairy tale has been compile with different character andsetting.

One of the interesting thing in this story is the moral value.