Chapter 1: Thumbelina
Once upon a time, there was an old lady who wanted a daughter. She went to a witch for help, and the witch gave her a piece of wheat and told the old lady to water it with a single drop of water every day. However, the lady was too impatient and decided to add two extra drops. When the wheat blossomed, it released an ugly toad. Disgusted, the woman chased the road away with her broomstick.
She went back to the witch and asked for another piece. This time, she watered the wheat properly. When it blossomed, Thumbelina was born. The old lady was satisfied with this beautiful daughter that she now had all to herself and lived happily. But one day, the toad came back for revenge, taking Thumbelina with him...
Chapter 2: Harsh Journey
The toad called himself "Toad Boss" and was rough with Thumbelina. If Thumbelina didn't do what Toad Boss told her to do, he would beat her, and worse, lick her with his large, slimy tongue. To prevent Thumbelina from escaping, Toad Boss kept her on a lotus flower surrounded by water.
The fish who lived there felt sorry for Thumbelina, so it bit off the stem of the lotus and let Thumbelina drift away. After some time, a beetle came along and carried her away. However, the beetle abandoned her in a forest. Thumbelina was forced to drink dewdrops and eat nectar in order to survive. The day before winter arrived, Thumbelina knocked on a vole's door and asked to stay with him.
At first, the vole agreed, but after some time they decided that the vole's house was too small. The vole told Thumbelina to go find Mr. Mole, who was rich and most likely had a large house.
Chapter 3: To Afar
The vole brought Mr. Mole over to decide whether he would let Thumbelina stay or not. However, Mr. Mole couldn't see Thumbelina, so the vole told her to sing a song for him.
Mr. Mole fell in love the instant he heard her beautiful voice. He allowed Thumbelina to stay at his house for the winter, and when spring came, he asked Thumbelina to marry him. However, Thumbelina didn't love him back, so she bid farewell to the vole and Mr. Mole and left. While she was walking, she saw a sparrow whom she had saved during the winter. It had been drowning in mud, but Thumbelina saved it with the help of her friends. She asked the swallow to take her to the country it was going to, and it agreed.
Chapter 4: Thumboy
After arriving at this new country, the sparrow placed Thumbelina on a beautiful flower and left. As Thumbelina was looking around, a boy the same size as her approached, riding a puppy. Some elves danced around him and cheered.
It turned out that the sparrow left her in Fairytale Town and this boy was Thumboy, the prince of the flowers. He was fertilizing the flowers with his magic. Thumbelina and Thumboy soon fell in love with each other and they lived together happily.
One day, Toad Boss arrived at Fairytale Town. He took up the forest right outside and, having found Thumbelina, captured her and they went back to their old way of living. Thumboy was unable to do anything...
Chapter 5: Happy Ending
Thumboy came to save Thumbelina with the help of Lil Prince. However, the two of them were quickly defeated - Toad Boss' strength was not to be reckoned with. In the end, they couldn't save Thumbelina and winded up being captured themselves. Lil Prince escaped with Thumboy's help, but Thumboy himself was unable to make it out.
Afraid that Toad Boss would kill Thumboy, Thumbelina promised to do anything if he set him free. Toad Boss told Thumbelina to marry him and sew a wedding dress. In the autumn, when Thumbelina had just finished sewing and they were about to marry, Lil Prince showed up and managed to defeat Toad Boss. Thumbelina and Thumboy married and lived happily ever after in Fairytale Town.