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THE SYNOPSIS STORY OF THUMBELINA.A childless woman wants a little child, and when she goes to a witch , she was given a barleycorn . The magic barleycorn grew up a beautiful big flower. When the flower open, the woman saw a graceful tiny child. Thumbelina is borne of a kernel of barley-corn. Thumbelina lives with the kind 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 cockchafer 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 fieldmouse 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

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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. 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. surprised to see that in each flower dwells a tiny people. Naturally, there's a charming prince among them who attracted with The swallow place Thumbelina on the broad leaves near the palace. She was very

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 also given 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 ourselves. 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 thumb. 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 unwanted wedding. 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. help her run away from the


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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 responseI like Thumbelina Story because it show the brave attitude of little tiny girl name Thumbelina. In this story , I met another 11 different character . Most of the character were animals. Thumbelina when through a long journey adventure. In her adventure , she was so tough facing all the difficulties. . This make the story more interesting. This magical fairy tale has been compile with different setting. I enjoyed reading this adventure story because it is a fairy tales story. One of the interesting thing in this story is the moral value. The main character Thumbelina teach us to be happy on ourself. Always be strong and never give up. This story also tells that we must always be good to others. Besides the good character, there were also bad characters for examples the ugly toad. Even thought the field mouse was very good to Thumbelina but she has the bad intension towards Thumbelina. She force Thumbelina to marry the blind mole. This shows that we must not take advantage towards other for our personal gain. In my opinion, the uses of language is quite high. I think the text is not so suitable for Malaysian kids whose are not proficient in English. Tumbelina character portrays us to have the perseverance to face what ever challengers that come in our ways. Although Thumbelina was a victim of circumstances she was so gritty. At last, Thumbelina met a handsome price and married to him.


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