1. Once upon a time, there was an old lady who wanted to have a child, but this wish has not yet been realized. She went to the witch for help, and the witch gave her a seed. The old woman put it in a flowerpot, and soon a flower grew in the flowerpot, and a girl the size of a thumb sat among the petals. So the old lady named her Thumbelina. Thumbelina is very cute and has a beautiful singing voice.

2. One night, a toad jumped in from the window and took away Thumbelina. He wanted to marry her to his son. The toad placed Thumbelina on a lily leaf and went to prepare for the wedding. Thumbelina was saved by a school of small fish, which bit off the lotus stems. Thumbelina floated away along the stream.

3. The beetle saw Thumbelina and took her to his tree. Except for this beetle, all the other beetles thought Thumbelina was ugly because she had no antennae. Slowly, the beetles didn't like it either. It left her alone. Thumbelina lived alone in the woods. Fortunately, the field mice who lived in the wheat fields took her in. Thumbelina was very grateful and helped clean the room every day and sang to the field mouse.

4. The field mouse’s friend the mole also likes to hear Thumbelina sing. It dug a tunnel leading to the field mouse's house, so that it could come to the field mouse and Thumbelina every day. Finally, the Mole proposed to Thumbelina. However, Thumbelina was not happy at all. One day, Thumbelina found a frozen swallow in the tunnel. She took care of it carefully all winter.

5. In summer, the field mouse happily prepared the wedding for Thumbelina and the mole. It happens that the swallow is flying here, and it is leaving to spend the winter in the south. Inviting Thumbelina to leave together, Thumbelina climbed onto the swallow without hesitation. They came to a place where beautiful flowers were blooming everywhere. The swallow put Thumbelina into a flower, and there was a man as tall as her in the flower. He is the master of flowers. Later, he and Thumbelina fell in love, and after they got married, Thumbelina became the mistress of the flowers.