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1. The story is about a tiny girl named Thumbelina who is given to a woman by a witch but is then kidnapped by Mrs. Toad who wants Thumbelina to marry her son Grundel.
2. Thumbelina meets and falls in love with the fairy prince Cornelius but they are separated when she is kidnapped. Throughout the story they try to find each other again with the help of their friends.
3. After overcoming various obstacles, Thumbelina and Cornelius are finally reunited in the fairy kingdom and they live happily ever after.
1. The story is about a tiny girl named Thumbelina who is given to a woman by a witch but is then kidnapped by Mrs. Toad who wants Thumbelina to marry her son Grundel.
2. Thumbelina meets and falls in love with the fairy prince Cornelius but they are separated when she is kidnapped. Throughout the story they try to find each other again with the help of their friends.
3. After overcoming various obstacles, Thumbelina and Cornelius are finally reunited in the fairy kingdom and they live happily ever after.
1. The story is about a tiny girl named Thumbelina who is given to a woman by a witch but is then kidnapped by Mrs. Toad who wants Thumbelina to marry her son Grundel.
2. Thumbelina meets and falls in love with the fairy prince Cornelius but they are separated when she is kidnapped. Throughout the story they try to find each other again with the help of their friends.
3. After overcoming various obstacles, Thumbelina and Cornelius are finally reunited in the fairy kingdom and they live happily ever after.
A lonely woman (Barbara Cook) longs for a child of her very
own. ne day! a good wi"ch gives her a barley corn "o #lan"! and "he ne$" day "he flower blooms! revealing a lovely li""le girl %no bigger "han her "humb.% (&odi Benson) The woman names her Thumbelina. Thumbelina s#ends "ime wi"h her mo"her's farm animals! bu" is worried "ha" "here is no one around of her own si(e (%Thumbelina%). ne nigh"! her mo"her "ells her a s"ory abou" fairies. Af"er being #u" "o bed! Thumbelina imagines "ha" someday she will be able "o find someone "o love (%)oon%). As she is humming "o herself! *rince Cornelius of "he +airies (,ary -mhoff) flies by her windowsill and is enchan"ed by her. The "wo "ake a ride on Cornelius' bumblebee! during which "hey fall in love (%.e" /e Be 0our 1ings%). 2uring "his ride! a "oad named ,rundel (&oe .ynch) sees Thumbelina and declares "o his beau"iful and se$y mo"her /rs. Toad (Charo) "ha" he loves her. Cornelius re"urns Thumbelina "o her windowsill and #romises "o come back for her "he ne$" day. Af"er he leaves! Thumbelina goes "o slee# in her walnu" bed! and is kidna##ed by /rs. Toad. 1hen Thumbelina awakes "he ne$" morning! she is on a lily3#ad far away from home. /rs. Toad declares "ha" Thumbelina will 4oin "heir family singing "rou#e %)ingers de 5s#ana% (coun"ing ,rundel's bro"hers! /o(o and ,ringo) and "ha" Thumbelina will also marry ,rundel (%n "he 6oad%). The grou# leaves her alone on "he lily3#ad "o fe"ch "he #ries"! des#i"e her #ro"es"s. Thumbelina's cries for hel# are heard by &ac7uimo (,ino Confor"i)! who hel#s her free of "he lily3#ad and encourages her "o follow her hear" and find her way home "o her mo"her (%+ollow 0our 8ear"%). &ac7uimo himself #romises "o find Cornelius! who lives in "he 9ale of "he +airies. /eanwhile! Cornelius has learned of Thumbelina's kidna##ing and goes searching for her. Thumbelina almos" reaches home! bu" she is s"o##ed by Berkeley Bee"le (,ilber" ,o""fried) who wan"s her "o 4oin his ac" a" "he Bee"le Ball. Thumbelina is forced "o #erform a" "he Bee"le Ball! bu" a" "he end is kicked ou" for being %"oo ugly% (as "hose bee"les only like "he a##earances of bee"les). (%0ou're Beau"iful! Baby%) ,rundel! who is also searching for Thumbelina! "racks down Bee"le and forces him (by "aking his wings) "o hel# find Thumbelina. )earching for "he 9ale of "he +airies! &ac7uimo seeks hel# from a fleeing rabbi" and i"s #ursuer! a fo$. The fo$ angrily shoves him ou" of "he way and a s"rong gus" of wind blows "he swallow in"o a "ree! driving a "horn "hrough his wing. 1hen "he cold win"er fros" arrives! he becomes "oo weak "o fly "o "he #oin" "ha" he loses consciousness and falls "o "he ground. The falling snow also causes Cornelius "o fall from his bumblebee in"o a #ond! where he is fro(en in ice. Bee"le finds Cornelius and cu"s ou" a block of ice in which "he +airy *rince is "ra##ed "o bring "o ,rundel. 5lsewhere! Thumbelina's mo"her can only wai" a" home and ho#e for "he bes" (%)oon (6e#rise)%). 1i"h bo"h Cornelius and &ac7uimo inca#aci"a"ed! Thumbelina "akes shel"er from "he win"er fros" in a shoe. )he is rescued by /s. +ieldmouse (Carol Channing) who "ells her "ha" Cornelius is dead. )he convinces a hear"broken Thumbelina "o 4oin her "o visi" /r. /ole (&ohn 8ur")! where Thumbelina is "old "o sing for him. They "ake a walk in /r. /ole's e$"ensive "unnels! where Thumbelina discovers "he unconscious &ac7uimo. /r. /ole "ells /s. +ieldmouse "ha" he would like "o marry Thumbelina! and she agrees "o convince Thumbelina "ha" i" would be for "he bes" (%/arry "he /ole%). ,rundel learns "ha" Thumbelina is "o marry /r. /ole and abandons "he fro(en Cornelius wi"h Bee"le! allowing "hree young 4i""erbug children "ha" Thumbelina befriended "o ligh" a fire "o mel" "he ice "ha" has "ra##ed Cornelius. Thumbelina sneaks ou" of /s. +ieldmouse's home "o visi" &ac7uimo. 8e wakes! and Thumbelina removes "he "horn from his wing. Before she can e$#lain "ha" Cornelius is %dead%! &ac7uimo flies off! s"ill de"ermined "o find "he 9ale of "he +airies. 1hen Thumbelina is #rom#"ed by "he minis"er a" "he wedding ceremony! she res#onds "ha" she canno" marry /r. /ole! even"ually leading in"o a chase by Bee"le! ,rundel and "he o"hers. 8owever! Cornelius and "he 4i""erbug children arrive "o s"o# "hem and Cornelius engages ,rundel. 2es#i"e his effor"s in s"alling "he crowd long enough "o secure Thumbelina's esca#e! "he ba""le even"ually culmina"es in bo"h he and ,rundel falling in"o a bo""omless #i". Thumbelina manages "o scare her #ursuers by causing a moun"ain of 4ewelry "o slide "oward "hem! and she esca#es "o "he surface! where she is found by &ac7uimo! who says "ha" he has found "he 9ale of "he +airies. They fly "here! and af"er Thumbelina sings (%.e" /e Be 0our 1ings (6e#rise)%)! "he ice "haws and Cornelius! who survived "he fall and is s"ill wi"h "he 4i""erbug children! a##ears "o be reuni"ed wi"h his love. Cornelius #ro#oses! Thumbelina acce#"s! "he #air kiss and wings s#rou" from Thumbelina's back. The wedding is celebra"ed wi"h Thumbelina's mo"her! &ac7uimo! "he 4i""erbug children! and Cornelius' family in a""endance. )creensho"s during "he credi"s reveal "ha" Bee"le resumed his normal! #o#s"ar life and go" his wings back: ,rundel survived "he fall wi"h a broken leg and married a female "oad: /r. /ole married /s. +ieldmouse: and "he rabbi" and fo$ &ac7uimo "ried "o ask for hel# ul"ima"ely found friendshi#.
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