Book Review10"Thumbelina".

I read Thumbelina.

“Then all the other flowers opened and tiny men and women appeared. They each gave Thumbelina a gift. Best of all was a beautiful pair of wings, so she could fly from flower to flower. And the swallow swooped above them all, singing a joyful song. [p47]

A woman wanted a child. She can not make a child. Then a fairy appeared. The fairy gives woman to magic seed. Woman brought flowers to care. This flower becomes tulip. When this tulip opened, tiny girl appeared. Woman calls her Thumbelina. The woman made her a bed out of a walnut shell. It had rose petals for sheets. One night, when Thumbelina is sleeping, a large toad take away her. But fishes help her. Then a big brown beetle take away her. She runs away. And winter came. Field mouse helps her. She stay field mouse’s home. There are swallows who looks dying in mouse’s home. She helps this swallows. By spring time, swallow came. He said “come with me, we can fly away to the green woods.” They came to a blue lake. A tiny man stood in the flower. She and he married. They became happy. I think this place have a lot of green and flowers. This place is very beautiful. I wish they became happy more. See you.

Davidson.s (2008). Thumbelina. USBORNE FIRST READING

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