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Thumbelina (2) [Thumbelina]

Thumbelina (2)

The little fishes that swam in the water below heard Thumbelina crying.

They had caught sight of the ugly mother toad and knew what she had in mind.

So they swamed arund the tough green stalk that held Thumbelina's leaf and gnawed it through with their teeth.(Stalk=茎)

Then,with Thumbelina on it, the leaf floated down the brook, far from the toad and her son.

At last the leaf boat swirled to stop against a mossy bank in a strange forest world.

All through the summer, Thumbelina lived quite alone in that  enormous wood.

From blades of grass she wove a bed. She hung this bed neatly under a large leaf, which sheltered her from rain.

For food she had honey from the flowers; for drink, the morning dew on the leaves.

And so she passed the summer and autumn.

Then came winter ーthe bitter winter.

All the birds flew away.
The flowers withered.
The leaf under which she had lived shriveled up and turned to a faded yellow.

As Thumbelina serched for a new shelter, it began to snow.
And every time a snowflake fell on her, it was as if a whole shovelful snow were thrown on one of us ーso delicate and tiny was she.

At last, on the fringe of the wood, she came to a field mouse's  door.

" You poor thing " said the kindly mouse when she found Thumbelina shivering at the door.
" Come into my warm room and have a bite with me "

The mouse took a liking to Thumbelina at once and invited her to stay for the winter.
" just so you keep my rooms tidy and tell me stories, " she said.

Thumbelina happly agreed.

(つづく 2/5)  


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