The only girl is a member of the Merry Men Club.
Character
Like the Ugly Duckling and some of Andersen's other characters, Thumbelina is an “outsider” character looking for her place in society. Such heroes evoke the author's sympathy.
The plot of the tale
One woman grew a flower, there turned out to be a tiny beautiful girl, no larger than a human finger, the woman called her Thumbelina ․
The girl was very cute. A frog noticed this one day. She decided that Thumbelina could be a wonderful match for her son. Having waited until midnight, the frog kidnapped the girl to take her to his son. The frog's son was fascinated by the girl's beauty. To prevent her from escaping, he placed Thumbelina on a water lily leaf. However, the fish came to the girl’s aid and chewed through the lily’s stem, and the moth, which liked Thumbelina, harnessed itself to her belt and flew, pulling the leaf along the water. While the moth was pulling the leaf with Thumbelina, the cockchafer intercepted her and carried her to his tree. The moth remained tied to the leaf. Thumbelina felt very sorry for him - after all, he could not free himself. On the same tree lived other cockchafers who came to look at Thumbelina. But they didn’t like the girl, because beetles had their own ideas about beauty. The beetle left Thumbelina to live alone in the forest. She lived like this all summer and autumn, and as winter approached, the girl began to freeze. Fortunately, the frozen Thumbelina discovered a field mouse hole, which sheltered her. Then the mouse decided to marry the girl off to his rich neighbor, the mole. The mole was very wealthy and equally stingy. He liked Thumbelina and agreed to think about marriage. The Mole showed Thumbelina his underground “palaces” and riches. In one of the galleries, the girl discovered a dead swallow. However, it turned out that the swallow was simply very weak. Thumbelina, secretly from the mouse and the mole, began to take care of her. Spring has come. The swallow recovered completely and, thanking Thumbelina, flew out of the mole's galleries.
At that time, the mole finally decided on his desire and the field mouse ordered the girl to sew a dowry. Thumbelina was very sad and offended, because she really didn’t want to marry the mole. The wedding day has arrived. Thumbelina decided to go out into the light for the last time and say goodbye to the sun. At that moment, the same swallow flew over the fields. She took Thumbelina with her to warmer climes, thereby saving her from the stingy and calculating mole.
In warm regions, Thumbelina settled in a flower. She met the king of the elves. The Elf and Thumbelina immediately fell in love with each other and became husband and wife. So Thumbelina became the queen of the elves.
Screen adaptations and productions
- Andrew Lang retitled this tale "The Adventures of Maya" in his eleventh volume of Tales of the Olive Fairy (published in ).
- The first Thumbelina film was in black and white and was directed by Herbert M. Doley.
- Danny Kaye performed the song "Thumbelina", written by Frank Loesser, in the 1952 film about Andersen.
- Lotte Reiniger released a short 10-minute film about Thumbelina.
- In 1964, the Soviet cartoon “Thumbelina” by Leonid Amalrik was filmed.
- (Editor: N. Martynova, Artist: G. Portnyagina).
- Japanese studio Toei Animation released a full-length anime cartoon in , called "Sekai Meisaku Dowa: Oyayubi Hime" (World's Famous Children's Stories: The Thumb Princess) with animation by artist Osamu Tezuka.
- The series about Thumbelina, for home viewing, was released by the studio Faerie Tale Theater in, featuring Carrie Fisher and William Katt.
- Story with colorful design in the studio Rabbit Ears Productions It was released on videotape, audiodisc, compact cassette (narrated by Kelly McGillis), and book.
- Japanese studio "Enoki Films" released a 26-episode cartoon called Oyayubi Hime Monogatari(Stories about Thumbelina).
- Company Golden Films released a cartoon about Thumbelina ().
- Don Bluth released a cartoon about Thumbelina, which has some deviations from the classic author's plot.
- The cartoon “The Adventures of Thumbelina and Boy Thumb” was released on DVD.
- Thumbelina appeared as a guest at Princess Fiona's wedding in the cartoon "Shrek 2" (2004).
- Hans Christian Andersen’s 200th Anniversary: The Fairy Tales, 2005, Denmark, The Netherlands, Jorgen Bing (Hans Christian Andersen. Fairy Tales, 2005, Denmark, The Netherlands, Jorgen Bing)
- In 2007, the film “Thumbelina” by Leonid Nechaev was released based on the script by Inna Vetkina.
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Excerpt characterizing Thumbelina
Rostov arrived in Tilsit on a day least convenient for interceding for Denisov. He himself could not go to the general on duty, since he was in a tailcoat and arrived in Tilsit without permission from his superiors, and Boris, even if he wanted, could not do this the next day after Rostov’s arrival. On this day, June 27, the first peace terms were signed. The emperors exchanged orders: Alexander received the Legion of Honor, and Napoleon Andrei 1st degree, and on this day a lunch was assigned to the Preobrazhensky battalion, which was given to him by the battalion of the French Guard. The sovereigns were supposed to attend this banquet.Rostov felt so awkward and unpleasant with Boris that when Boris looked at him after dinner, he pretended to be asleep and early the next morning, trying not to see him, he left the house. In a tailcoat and a round hat, Nicholas wandered around the city, looking at the French and their uniforms, looking at the streets and houses where the Russian and French emperors lived. In the square he saw tables being set up and preparations for dinner; on the streets he saw hanging draperies with banners of Russian and French colors and huge monograms of A. and N. There were also banners and monograms in the windows of the houses.
“Boris doesn’t want to help me, and I don’t want to turn to him. This matter is decided - Nikolai thought - everything is over between us, but I will not leave here without doing everything I can for Denisov and, most importantly, without delivering the letter to the sovereign. Emperor?!... He’s here!” thought Rostov, involuntarily approaching again the house occupied by Alexander.
At this house there were riding horses and a retinue had gathered, apparently preparing for the departure of the sovereign.
“I can see him any minute,” thought Rostov. If only I could directly hand him the letter and tell him everything, would I really be arrested for wearing a tailcoat? Can't be! He would understand on whose side justice is. He understands everything, knows everything. Who could be fairer and more generous than him? Well, even if they arrested me for being here, what’s the harm?” he thought, looking at the officer entering the house occupied by the sovereign. “After all, they are sprouting. - Eh! It's all nonsense. I’ll go and submit the letter to the sovereign myself: so much the worse it will be for Drubetskoy, who brought me to this.” And suddenly, with a determination that he himself did not expect from himself, Rostov, feeling the letter in his pocket, went straight to the house occupied by the sovereign.
“No, now I won’t miss the opportunity, like after Austerlitz,” he thought, expecting every second to meet the sovereign and feeling a rush of blood to his heart at this thought. I will fall at my feet and ask him. He will raise me, listen and thank me.” “I am happy when I can do good, but correcting injustice is the greatest happiness,” Rostov imagined the words that the sovereign would say to him. And he walked past those who were looking at him curiously, onto the porch of the house occupied by the sovereign.
From the porch a wide staircase led straight upstairs; to the right a closed door was visible. At the bottom of the stairs there was a door to the lower floor.
-Who do you want? - someone asked.
“Submit a letter, a request to His Majesty,” said Nikolai with a trembling voice.
- Please contact the duty officer, please come here (he was shown the door below). They just won't accept it.
Hearing this indifferent voice, Rostov was afraid of what he was doing; the thought of meeting the sovereign at any moment was so tempting and therefore so terrible for him that he was ready to flee, but the chamberlain Fourier, who met him, opened the door to the duty room for him and Rostov entered.
A short, plump man of about 30, in white trousers, over the knee boots and one cambric shirt, apparently just put on, stood in this room; the valet was fastening beautiful new silk-embroidered footrests on his back, which for some reason Rostov noticed. This man was talking to someone who was in another room.
“Bien faite et la beaute du diable, [Well-built and the beauty of youth," said this man, and when he saw Rostov he stopped talking and frowned.
-What do you want? Request?…
– Qu"est ce que c"est? [What is this?] - someone asked from another room.
“Encore un petitionnaire, [Another petitioner,”] answered the man with the help.
- Tell him what's next. It's coming out now, we have to go.
- After, after, tomorrow. Late…
Rostov turned and wanted to go out, but the man in the arms stopped him.
- From whom? Who are you?
“From Major Denisov,” Rostov answered.
- Who are you? officer?
- Lieutenant, Count Rostov.
- What courage! Give it on command. And go, go... - And he began to put on the uniform handed to him by the valet.
Rostov went out again into the hallway and noticed that there were already many officers and generals on the porch in full dress uniform, whom he had to pass by.
Cursing his courage, frozen by the thought that at any moment he could meet the sovereign and in his presence be disgraced and sent under arrest, fully understanding the indecency of his act and repenting of it, Rostov, with downcast eyes, made his way out of the house, surrounded by a crowd of brilliant retinue , when someone's familiar voice called out to him and someone's hand stopped him.
- What are you doing here, father, in a tailcoat? – his bass voice asked.
This was a cavalry general who earned the special favor of the sovereign during this campaign, the former head of the division in which Rostov served.
Rostov fearfully began to make excuses, but seeing the good-naturedly playful face of the general, he moved to the side and in an excited voice conveyed the whole matter to him, asking him to intercede for Denisov, who was known to the general. The general, after listening to Rostov, seriously shook his head.
- It’s a pity, it’s a pity for the fellow; give me a letter.
Rostov barely had time to hand over the letter and tell Denisov’s whole business when quick steps with spurs began to sound from the stairs and the general, moving away from him, moved towards the porch. The gentlemen of the sovereign's retinue ran down the stairs and went to the horses. Bereitor Ene, the same one who was in Austerlitz, brought the sovereign's horse, and a light creak of steps was heard on the stairs, which Rostov now recognized. Forgetting the danger of being recognized, Rostov moved with several curious residents to the porch itself and again, after two years, he saw the same features he adored, the same face, the same look, the same gait, the same combination of greatness and meekness... And the feeling of delight and love for the sovereign was resurrected with the same strength in Rostov’s soul. The Emperor in the Preobrazhensky uniform, in white leggings and high boots, with a star that Rostov did not know (it was legion d'honneur) [star of the Legion of Honor] went out onto the porch, holding his hat at hand and putting on a glove. He stopped, looking around and that's it illuminating the surroundings with his gaze, he said a few words to some of the generals. He also recognized the former chief of the division, Rostov, smiled at him and called him over.
You know that every fairy tale teaches something. What can the fairy tale “Thumbelina” by Hans Christian Andersen teach us?
Imagine a lot! A child, meeting a very small girl, learns to live in this huge and sometimes scary world. Let's go on a journey through a magical land created by the imagination of a brilliant storyteller, and learn life lessons from it.
One woman, a witch and Thumbelina
One woman dreamed of having a child and went to a witch. Why didn’t she give birth to a child herself, or adopt an orphan? After all, this is what those who dream of children usually do. However, there is a category of people who cannot cope with their problems on their own. They resort to the services of sorcerers, magicians, witches, and psychics. The point here is that such a person has desires, but no abilities, creative imagination, or vital energy. This poor woman can’t even come up with a normal name for the girl; she is unable to ensure the baby’s safety, carelessly leaving a nutshell with the sleeping girl by the open window. It is quite natural that she lost her happiness.
A witch is an image of a person, on the contrary, who has the ability to create. She has the power to create something fantastic, spiritual and animate from something ordinary, such as a grain of barley. But still, a witch is a simple person, not an omnipotent God, so the wonderful creature turned out to be very small.
Thumbelina, born by the power of creative imagination, has beauty and talent. She is able to give all living beings joy and happiness. But it is so small that it cannot exist independently in material world. Her charm extends only to the spiritual component of reality. This is her salvation and at the same time a test - she is always needed by someone and at the same time dependent on someone. Thumbelina is a symbolic character, she represents something beautiful, but unattainable in real life, because no one managed to possess it in this world. Only in a distant country did this happen to the king of the elves, a creature as fantastic as Thumbelina herself.
Toad, her son and Thumbelina
The toad, having stolen Thumbelina, was somewhat more prudent than its former owner; she placed the treasure on a piece of paper, far from the shore, to prevent the potential daughter-in-law from escaping. And yet, having stereotypical thinking, she could not imagine that there were other forces that could interfere with her plans: swimming fish, for example. Even the thought that someone is ready to help the unfortunate creature does not occur to the toad. In addition, she does not think that her son as a husband can make anyone unhappy. And the worst thing is that the toad is busy building a family nest in a swampy swamp, in which Thumbelina cannot survive. But the old toad cannot understand all this. What can you learn here? At least the fact that every act is complicated by many circumstances, some can be foreseen and prevented, while others, due to human limitations, are impossible. There are people who do not have an adequate understanding of the world, themselves and those around them. Everything they do ends in failure sooner or later.
The toad's son is an absolutely spineless creature. If they found him a bride, he will marry; if they had not found him, he would not have married. This is the image of a person who has no personal beginning at all. It is unlikely that he was very upset after the loss of his bride. He doesn't need a wife at all. Are there many such families that appeared thanks to the active efforts of third parties? Are they happy? Or maybe, somewhere in the swamp mud of a cozy family nest, built by a “caring” mother-in-law, a “thumbelina” dies, which no one helped.
Our heroine found herself on a water lily leaf in the middle of the river and was terribly scared. How can a person behave in such a situation? She could have thrown a scandal at the toad and her son, she could have rushed about in hysterics over the leaf and loudly called for help, scattering the timid fish with her cries, she could have thrown herself into the river in a fit of despair and drowned. This is usually how people behave when they find themselves in a hopeless situation. But Thumbelina behaves differently: having completely resigned herself to her fate, she bitterly and quietly mourns her ruined life. The fish, seeing this, took pity on her and gnawed the stem holding Thumbelina’s flower. And the leaf carried the beautiful captive away from the ugly toads. They say that, as we see, it does not humiliate, but saves. It is the meek who are usually lucky - they are willingly helped.
They also help the beautiful ones. So it was with Thumbelina, enchanted by her beauty. He allowed her to tie himself with a belt to a leaf, for which he paid with his life. What can we talk about here? Probably about the fact that you cannot be so attached to something that it would be impossible to free yourself.
Beetle and Thumbelina
The culprit in the death of the moth was the cockchafer. But he didn’t even think with the corner of his consciousness that it was his fault that someone died, and grief wasn’t enough for him.
The cockchafer was not devoid of aesthetic taste, and he really liked the little beauty. But then other cockchafers came and expressed their opinion: “She only has two legs!”, “She doesn’t even have tentacles!” And the beetle refused Thumbelina. Why did this happen?
Firstly, the cockchafer is an egoist who considers himself worthy of all the best; he takes from life everything he likes, while being dependent on other people’s opinions. This is a representative of the fashion crowd, for whom the worst thing is to be different from “their own”, to be not like everyone else. The value of anything for such people is measured not by their own ideas, but by how others evaluate it. The fairy tale “Thumbelina” gives us an understanding of the terrible evil that lies in giving up love for the sake of public opinion.
Secondly, a beetle is not a suitable husband for Thumbelina. For him, this prevents him from being independent even in being happy. Even a hundred thousand cockchafers could not have given him even a fraction of the spiritual joy that one Thumbelina could have given him. He prefers his external position among worthless and narrow-minded relatives to the internal state of happiness and love.
Thumbelina, abandoned by the beetle, developed a sense of her own inferiority. How often does this happen in life, when a wonderful, very sweet good man considers himself defective only because he is rejected by insignificant beings who, for some reason known to them, are confident in their superiority. And Thumbelina does not even allow the thought that they are biased towards her. This character is admired for his inability to think badly of others. She only blames herself.
Mouse, Mole and Thumbelina
Rejected by the beetle, Thumbelina lived alone all summer and autumn. But then winter comes, and the poor girl is forced to look for shelter.
She took her to live with her. This kind creature loves Thumbelina, takes care of her and wishes her only happiness. Therefore, she is busy trying to marry Thumbelina to the mole. She herself sees this marriage as the height of a prosperous life, since the mole is rich and has a luxurious fur coat. For a mouse, these reasons are enough to consider the mole an eligible bachelor. In this case, she takes upon herself the right to decide someone else’s fate, guided exclusively by good intentions, and does this completely disinterestedly. Using the example of a mouse, it is shown how some people can make other people unhappy, wishing only good things for them, showing sincere concern for a loved one. Truly, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
The mole is the personification of a rich man. His character is given in a few words: “important, sedate and taciturn.” He considers himself the height of every girl's dream, but does not like the sun, flowers and birds - everything that Thumbelina adores - a character opposed to the mole in his very essence. This marriage is doomed from the start.
Thumbelina in this situation is true to herself: she unquestioningly obeys her adoptive mother, considering her her benefactor. Only at the last moment does he decide to escape, because he cannot imagine his life without sunlight.
Swallow, the King of the Elves and Thumbelina
Getting rid of a miserable existence in a mole dungeon became possible thanks to a swallow, which Thumbelina warmed and saved from starvation. The character in the form of a swallow is a connecting link between the heroine of a fairy tale and another world, opposed to ordinary and boring reality. The mole and the mouse, who devote their lives to accumulating material wealth, unanimously accuse the bird of a useless existence. For them, birdsong is a completely empty activity. And for Thumbelina it is a great joy. She takes care of the bird as a sign of gratitude for the moments of pleasure she once delivered. And the swallow saved Thumbelina, knowing full well that escape is salvation, and life with the mole is death.
The world into which the swallow and her little passenger were transported is a holiday of warmth, light and beauty. There Thumbelina meets her destiny - the king of the elves. Finally, she feels at home, with her family. Born from a flower, she becomes the queen of flowers. She achieved her happiness, having earned it by overcoming all obstacles without causing harm to anyone.
The elf king is Thumbelina's first groom, who asks her consent to marriage. It occurred to him alone to ask her opinion.
And when the elves surrounded Thumbelina and saw the absence of wings, they simply gave them to her without further ado. This is how all problems should be solved in an ideal society, which is embodied by elves; it is customary for them to respect each other and take care of the personality of another creature. This example is the main life lesson that can be learned from the fairy tale “Thumbelina”.
Thumbelina, a character until this moment nameless, this definition based on height cannot be considered a name, receives her real name - Maya. Thus, a new symbol is born - the embodiment of spring, warmth and light.
Plan:
- Introduction
- 1 History
- 2 Character
- 3 The plot of the tale
- 4 Screen adaptations and productions Notes
Introduction
Thumbelina(Danish Tommelise) - a tiny girl, the heroine of the fairy tale of the same name by the Danish poet, traveler and storyteller H. H. Andersen. The only girl is a member of the Merry Men Club.
1. History
2. Character
Like the fairy-tale Thumb Thumb, Thumbelina finds her adventures in life among our ordinary world - real people. The fairy tale (like most of Andersen's fairy tales) was invented personally by the author, and not borrowed “from the people.” Together with the Ugly Duckling and some other Andersen characters, Thumbelina is an “outsider” character looking for her place in society. Such heroes evoke the author's sympathy.
3. The plot of the fairy tale
One woman grew a beautiful flower in her garden. One day a woman kissed a bud, after which it burst and a tiny beautiful girl appeared in the flower. The woman named her Thumbelina, because the girl was no taller than a human finger, and began to take care of her.
The girl was very cute. A frog noticed this one day. She imagined that Thumbelina could get married and be a wonderful match for her son. The frog waits until midnight and steals the girl to take her to his son. The frog's son was fascinated by the girl's beauty. He placed Thumbelina on a water lily leaf so that she could not escape. However, the girl finds help from the fish, which are gnawing the trunk of the lily, and the moth, which liked Thumbelina, harnessed itself to her belt and flew, pulling the leaf along the water. While the moth was pulling the leaf with Thumbelina, the girl was intercepted by the cockchafer and carried her to him. The moth remained attached to the leaf. Thumbelina felt very sorry for him - after all, he could not free himself and he was facing certain death.
Field Mouse and Thumbelina (illustration for the collection “Young Folks Treasury” (1919))
Zhuk brought Thumbelina to show his acquaintances and friends. But they didn’t like the girl, because beetles had their own ideas about beauty. Zhuk abandoned the girl because he immediately stopped liking her. Poor Thumbelina remained to live in the forest. She lived like this all summer. And when autumn came, the girl began to freeze. Fortunately, the frozen Thumbelina was discovered by a field mouse, which sheltered her in its hole. Then the mouse decided to marry the girl to his rich neighbor Mole. The mole was very wealthy and, accordingly, stingy. But he liked Thumbelina, and he agreed to think about marriage. The Mole showed Thumbelina his underground “palaces” and riches. In one of the galleries, the girl discovered a dead swallow. However, it later turned out that the swallow was simply very weak. Thumbelina, secretly from the mouse and the mole, began to take care of her. Spring has come. The swallow completely recovered and, thanking Thumbelina, flew out of the mole's galleries.
At that time, the mole finally decided on his desire to get married. The mouse ordered the girl to sew her trousseau. Thumbelina was very sad and offended, because she really didn’t want to marry the mole. The wedding day has arrived. Thumbelina decided to go out into the light for the last time and say goodbye to the sun. At that moment, the same swallow flew over the fields. She took Thumbelina with her to warmer climes, thereby saving her from the stingy and calculating mole.
Thumbelina (still from the cartoon by Enoki Films)
And here is Thumbelina in warmer climes. She settles in a flower and meets the king of the flower elves, who was as small as Thumbelina. The Elf and Thumbelina immediately fell in love with each other and became husband and wife. The king named her Maya because he thought that the name “Thumbelina” was not beautiful enough for such a pretty girl like her. So Thumbelina-Maya became the queen of the elves.
Thumbelina (still from the cartoon of the same name by Don Bluth)
4. Film adaptations and productions
- Andrew Lang retitled this tale "The Adventures of Maya" in his eleventh volume of Tales of the Olive Fairy (published 1907).
- The first Thumbelina film was in black and white and was released in 1924 by director Herbert M. Doley.
- Danny Kaye performed the song "Thumbelina", written by Frank Loesser, in the 1952 film about Andersen.
- Lotte Reiniger released a short 10-minute film about Thumbelina in 1954.
- In 1964, the Soviet cartoon “Thumbelina” by Leonid Amalrik was filmed.
- Filmstrip Thumbelina, 1972
- Japanese studio Toei Animation released a full-length anime cartoon in 1978, called "Sekai Meisaku Dowa: Oyayubi Hime" (World's Famous Children's Stories: The Thumb Princess) with animation by artist Osamu Tezuka.
- The series about Thumbelina, for home viewing, was released by the studio Faerie Tale Theater in 1984, starring Carrie Fisher and William Katt.
- Story with colorful design in the studio Rabbit Ears Productions was released in 1989 on videotape, audiodisc, compact cassette (narrated by Kelly McGillis), and book.
- Japanese studio "Enoki Films" released a 26-episode cartoon in 1992, called Oyayubi Hime Monogatari(Stories about Thumbelina).
- Company Golden Films released a cartoon about Thumbelina (1993).
- In 1994, Don Bluth released a cartoon about Thumbelina, which has some deviations from the classic author's plot.
- In 2002, the cartoon “The Adventures of Thumbelina and Little Thumb” was released on DVD.
- Thumbelina appeared as a guest at Princess Fiona's wedding in the animated film Shrek 2 (2004).
- Hans Christian Andersen’s 200th Anniversary: The Fairy Tales, 2005, Denmark, The Netherlands, Jorgen Bing (Hans Christian Andersen. Fairy Tales, 2005, Denmark, The Netherlands, Jorgen Bing)
- In 2007, the film “Thumbelina” by Leonid Nechaev was released based on the script by Inna Vetkina.
Notes
- Website of the magazine “Merry Pictures” - www.merrypictures.ru/club/PHPSESSID=77fc06f6b51ca9155c31fac0b663e4a8/
This abstract is based on an article from Russian Wikipedia. Synchronization completed 07/10/11 09:24:26
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"Thumbelina" is a fairy tale about a little girl who emerges from a flower. At the very beginning, the poor girl is kidnapped by the terrible Toad and brought to her swamp, so that he can later marry his son to her. But Thumbelina manages to escape from them. Then she gets to the May Beetle, but his relatives found the beautiful Thumbelina ugly and the beetle left her on the daisy. Autumn soon came and the girl left the forest for the field, where she came across a field mouse hole. The mouse took her in and advised her to marry a rich mole. When she was visiting the mole, she saw a swallow, which everyone thought was dead, but Thumbelina covered her with a blanket of grass and looked after the poor bird all winter.
Meanwhile, everyone was preparing for the wedding of Thumbelina and Mole. In the fall, everything was ready and Thumbelina asked to go outside to say goodbye to the sun. There she saw a flying Swallow, whom she had saved in winter; she invited the girl to fly with her to a hot country and the girl agreed.
In the south, the Prince of the Elves saw the girl, was captivated by her beauty and proposed to marry him, Thumbelina agreed without hesitation.
Main characters
- Thumbelina is the main character of the fairy tale. She is very short, only 2.5 centimeters. But she is very beautiful. The girl was born from a flower that was bought from a witch and raised by a childless woman.
- Thumbelina's mother (childless woman).
- Toad stole Thumbelina from her bed and wanted to marry her son. Described as terrifying and vile in appearance.
- Son of a toad.
- May Beetle - took Thumbelina from a water lily when she swam past him. He liked the cute girl, but he listened to his relatives and left Thumbelina in the forest.
- Field Mouse - sheltered the girl when she came to her cold and hungry, left her to live with her and offered to marry a mole.
- Mole is Mouse's rich neighbor. He has a great fortune, a good fur coat and poor eyesight.
- Swallow - was saved by Thumbelina from death under the cold snow. She thanked the girl by persuading her to fly to a hot country.
- The prince of the elves fell in love with Thumbelina at first sight and immediately proposed to marry him.