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00:07Animals have such an easy life, Tia.
00:11No school, no rules, no homework.
00:18What do they have to worry about?
00:21Everybody has their troubles, Tofu.
00:24Let me tell you the story of Thumbelina.
00:30The story of Thumbelina
00:47Once upon a time, a woman lived by herself in a faraway village.
00:54She was very lonely after her husband had died.
01:01She always wanted to have a child, but alas, she didn't have any.
01:18One day, she went to her friend who was a witch.
01:31The witch gave her a grain of barley
01:39and told her to go back home and plant it.
01:52The woman did as she was told.
02:00The next morning, a beautiful plant had grown from the seed.
02:06It had a lovely flower that looked like a tulip.
02:11The woman had never seen a flower like that and was mesmerized by its beauty.
02:19She gently kissed one of its petals.
02:23As she did that, the flower blossomed open.
02:28Inside it was a beautiful little girl, no bigger than the size of the woman's thumb.
02:36The woman instantly fell in love with her and called her Thumbelina.
02:45Thumbelina took away the woman's loneliness.
02:51In the day, she would tell her stories and talk to her.
02:56Sometimes, she would make Thumbelina a boat out of her tulip petal
03:02which she could row in a plate full of water.
03:09At night, Thumbelina would sleep in a bed out of a walnut shell
03:15with a blanket made of a rose petal.
03:26One night, as she was sleeping, a frog came to her window and saw her.
03:36He thought to himself, what a beautiful girl!
03:41She will make a lovely boat out of her tulip petal.
03:47He thought to himself, what a beautiful girl!
03:52She will make a lovely bride for my son.
03:59And so he grabbed Thumbelina and hopped away to his home.
04:10When his son saw his bride-to-be, he was very happy.
04:14She is beautiful, father.
04:16I will marry her.
04:17But before that, I want to build her a beautiful house.
04:25Okay, son.
04:26I will put her on the water lily in the middle of the pond till then.
04:32This way she will not be able to escape.
04:36And so the frog put Thumbelina in the middle of the pond on a water lily leaf.
04:45Thumbelina tried to escape from her new home
04:49but when she couldn't, she broke down crying.
04:58Two minnows were sitting under the same leaf and they heard her cry.
05:05They asked her about her troubles and when she told them, they decided to help her.
05:14They nibbled away the lily stem.
05:19Soon it broke and floated away with Thumbelina.
05:26Just when Thumbelina thought she was free
05:29a beetle came down and took her away to his home.
05:36He called over his friends to introduce them to his pretty prisoner.
05:41But the beetle's friends told him that she was too different than them
05:45and she didn't belong with them.
05:48I agree.
05:49I think I should let her go.
05:55And so he dropped her in the long grass and flower.
06:00Thumbelina was very happy that she was free from her captors.
06:06However, she still did not know where her home was.
06:12She spent many days in the grass and between the flowers.
06:17She would eat the pollen of the flowers and drink the dew from the leaves.
06:27One day
06:30as she was walking
06:35she stumbled upon a small house made of mud.
06:42It had a strange round entrance.
06:49She went up to it and knocked on the door.
06:54A mouse opened the door.
06:56Oh, hello there.
06:58Isn't it cold out there for you today?
07:01Come in please.
07:03Thank you so much.
07:05Once Thumbelina was settled comfortably in the mouse's house
07:10he asked her about who she was.
07:13Thumbelina told him her entire story.
07:41Do not worry.
07:42You can stay here as long as you like.
07:49So Thumbelina started staying in her new found home.
07:55To make herself useful again
07:59she made a new house.
08:02The house was made of mud.
08:04Thumbelina was staying in her new found home.
08:10To make herself useful in the house
08:13she would cook for the mouse and tell him stories.
08:23After a few days, the mouse said he had invited a guest over.
08:29He is the richest mouse in all the land.
08:33He is a very good friend of mine.
08:42That night, the mouse's friend came over for dinner.
08:46They all talked and had a very good time.
08:50During the course of dinner
08:52the friend fell in love with Thumbelina
08:56and declared that he would marry her.
09:01Thumbelina had no choice
09:03but to go along with what was happening.
09:07She was very happy.
09:10Thumbelina had no choice
09:12but to go along with what was happening.
09:16When the friend offered to show her his home
09:19she agreed to visit his house.
09:24And the three of them set off together.
09:39On the way, they entered a tunnel.
09:58There they found an injured swallow lying on the ground.
10:04The mouse's friend kicked it and rudely said
10:07Serves her right!
10:09What is she doing in the tunnels?
10:12He should have stayed in the air.
10:16Thumbelina was shocked to see that someone could treat another like this.
10:23Unseen by the mice, she ran away from there.
10:32Once she was sure that the mice had left
10:36she came back and attended to the swallow.
10:41She took great care of her
10:48till she was fit to fly again.
10:58It became spring by the time the swallow could fly again.
11:02She told Thumbelina
11:04I have to join my family and friends.
11:07They have flown away to a warmer place.
11:11I cannot stay here. Come with me.
11:15But Thumbelina had had enough adventure
11:19and did not want to go anywhere else.
11:22And so the swallow flew away.
11:26A few months had passed when the love-struck friend of the mouse
11:30found Thumbelina again.
11:35Oh, my beloved! I have been looking for you everywhere.
11:39Now I have found you and must marry you.
11:44Thumbelina knew there was no way out.
11:48She had no choice but to fly away.
11:52Thumbelina knew there was no way out of it for her.
11:56So she asked him if she could spend one last day out in the open air
12:02before she was confined to living the rest of her life underground with him.
12:16As she roamed in the open fields for one last time
12:20she heard a familiar voice.
12:23Come, come away with me.
12:26Where your spirit will always be free.
12:30Thumbelina saw her old friend who had returned for her.
12:34This time around she agreed
12:37and hopped on the back of the swallow and they took off.
12:45They flew over land and water and fields of green.
12:51When they reached the land of the flowers
12:54the swallow landed Thumbelina on a beautiful flower petal.
13:01This is the kingdom of the flowers and that is their king.
13:08Thumbelina saw a handsome young king with beautiful wings.
13:14He was surrounded by lovely flowers.
13:19As soon as she saw him
13:21she knew she wanted to call this place home.
13:26Her presence attracted the king's attention.
13:35He too fell in love with her and married her.
13:40He too fell in love with her immediately.
13:45Will you marry me?
13:47Yes!
13:51As happiness spread across her face
13:55she grew a beautiful pair of wings and became the flower queen.
14:02Oh wow, Tia!
14:04I don't know what I would do
14:06I don't know what I would do
14:08if I would land in such a strange world.
14:12I think I am happy where I am.
14:36you

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