ISBN 978-83-60412-60-2

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In a house by a river, there once lived a lonely woman who wished very much to have a child. One day she went to a market and bought a magic seed. She planted it and soon after the seed grew into a pretty flower. Among its petals lay a tiny beautiful girl. The delighted woman looked after her and because the girl was no taller than the length of a thumb, she called her Thumbelina.

Unfortunately the woman’s happiness was short-lived. While walking along the river a few days after, Thumbelina jumped onto a water-lily. Even though she was so light, still the stalk of the leaf broke off and so the river’s current sent the leaf sailing down the river along with Thumbelina aboard. 