00:00Once upon a time, a lonely woman planted a rare seed given her by a kind sorceress,
00:12then waited to see what would happen.
00:19What happened was wonderful.
00:23A delicate little girl, no bigger than a thumb, blossomed from the flower.
00:27The lonely woman called a tiny girl, Thumbelina.
00:41Oh, what a pretty little girl. And so tiny.
00:47Hello.
00:51That's you, Thumbelina.
00:53Me? Oh, it is me.
00:58Look, it's me. Look, it's me. Look, it's me.
01:04Dear tiny Thumbelina.
01:06The lonely woman was overjoyed to have a companion at last.
01:32She did her very best to make tiny Thumbelina feel safe and comfortable in the huge world around her.
01:40And although she knew this world was not the one to which she truly belonged,
01:45Thumbelina was quite content to call this place her home.
01:50In front of the home where Thumbelina lived, there ran a lazy brook which flowed smoothly into the nearby river.
02:06Near the mired and slimy shores of the river lived a mother frog and her bug-eyed son.
02:13We have eaten.
02:23Now, let's go to sleep.
02:31We have slept.
02:34Now, let us eat.
02:36I don't want to go to sleep.
02:49I'm tired of sleeping.
02:53Tired of sleeping?
02:55Hmm.
02:58So, now we can eat again?
03:02Nah, I'm tired of eating.
03:04So, why don't you try something new?
03:07Like working.
03:09I'm tired of working.
03:11How can you be tired of working when you've never even tried to do it?
03:16I get tired just thinking about it.
03:19Mom!
03:20I know what you need, son.
03:22I'll catch you a big, juicy butterfly.
03:26I don't want a butterfly.
03:29What I really would like to do is get married.
03:32I know just the girl for you.
03:41Back in the house where Thumbelina lived, the tiny girl lay nestled comfortably in the soft bed the lonely woman had fashioned from a walnut shell,
03:50cushioned by violets and warmed by a rose petal blanket.
03:54So comfortable was she that her sleep went undisturbed by the sound of Mother Frog hopping through the open window.
04:03Back in the house where Thumbelina lived, the tiny girl lay nestled by a rose petal blanket.
04:33Look what I have for you.
04:37A walnut? I hate walnuts.
04:40Not a walnut. A wife.
04:43Now be quiet or you'll wake her up.
04:46So what do you think? She's pretty.
04:49What did you get her, Mom?
04:51She's almost as pretty as you are.
04:54But not very green.
04:56Don't worry. She'll soon change to green.
05:00Living with frogs like us will turn anyone green.
05:05I'll set her out on the lily pad so she can't run away from her happiness.
05:09You get yourself ready, son.
05:11What do I have to get ready for, Mom?
05:14You know I'm already perfect.
05:16And I need my sleep.
05:30Oh! Where am I?
05:41How did I get here?
05:44Did you bring me here, Frog?
05:47What are you going to do with me?
05:50You are going to marry my son, you lucky girl.
05:54I don't want to marry him.
05:56You haven't seen him yet. He's handsome.
06:00He has great, big, beautiful, bug-buggy eyes, just like mine.
06:06And besides that, he likes you.
06:09I want to go home.
06:11You will go home.
06:12After the wedding, your home will be with my big, bug-eyed son.
06:17But I don't belong in a river.
06:19Oh, you'll love it here.
06:21This is the quietest neighborhood on the whole river.
06:31You'll meet my son at the wedding and fall instantly in love.
06:36Sleep well.
06:37Take me home, please.
06:55Take me home, please.
07:00Do you taste that?
07:04What?
07:04The water tastes salty.
07:07Taste it.
07:09The water tastes salty.
07:11That's what I said.
07:12I hope a river isn't becoming salty.
07:16That would be bad.
07:18Or would it?
07:19Let's go up and take a look around.
07:23It's just a tiny girl.
07:25Tomorrow I am to be married.
07:28That's too bad.
07:30Or is it good?
07:31I'm to marry a frog.
07:32No, that's terrible.
07:35We'll set you free.
07:37Come on.
07:47Too bad we don't have teeth.
07:49Or do we?
07:50Let's go ask the cron, dad, if he can cut the start.
07:53Good idea.
07:54Where is it?
07:56Where is it?
08:07All right.
08:08Time to get up.
08:09Remember, this is your wedding day.
08:11I can't get married on an empty stomach.
08:21Are you there, Crawdad?
08:22We need you to bite something for us, please.
08:26No, thanks.
08:27I already ate.
08:29We need you to bite, not eat.
08:32We need you to bite a lily stalk to help a poor little girl escape.
08:35I do not like lily stalks or girls.
08:40But the frogs wanted her marry.
08:43Against her will.
08:45Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?
08:48I am one of those crawfishes who are against unwilling marriages.
08:55One must marry for love.
08:59Lead me to the girl.
09:01Oh, dear.
09:10Whatever shall I do?
09:17Yum.
09:18I have eaten.
09:20Now let's get me married.
09:22Show me the way.
09:23Oh, dear.
09:35He's almost here.
09:37Hurry.
09:38Hurry.
09:39We're almost there.
09:43I'm here.
09:45Cut it.
09:47Whoa.
09:48I'm free.
09:51Wait.
09:52Oh, no.
09:53They're following me.
09:55After her, son.
09:58What will I do?
10:01Help.
10:02Someone, please.
10:04Help.
10:06Help.
10:07Help.
10:15Please help me.
10:16The frog wants to marry me.
10:19I hate that frog.
10:20He loves to eat butterflies.
10:24Hold on.
10:26I'm back.
10:28You must marry my son.
10:30He'll be so disappointed if you don't.
10:34Oh, faster.
10:36Faster.
10:37Faster, please.
10:39They're catching up.
10:40Oh, no.
10:45Oh, no.
10:46Please.
10:47Help.
10:48Someone help me.
10:50Oh, help me.
10:52Help.
10:54Help, please.
10:55Uh-oh.
10:57Bring her back, you thief.
11:00Forget it, Mom.
11:01Let's eat.
11:06Who are you?
11:08Joe.
11:10Joseph.
11:12A gentleman.
11:14And this is where I live.
11:18Oh.
11:19It's very high up here.
11:22My home is just as I like it, gentle lady.
11:26You are welcome to stay.
11:29You want me to live with you?
11:31Oh, I would love just that, gentle lady.
11:35I would just love you to be my gorgeous wife.
11:41I would rather go home.
11:44But I don't know where that is.
11:49Just think about it.
11:51A gentleman never pressures a lady.
11:57All right, now.
11:58Let's take a walk, shall we?
12:05What is that?
12:32Where are her wings?
12:33Weird-looking creature.
12:34Not one of us.
12:35She doesn't belong here.
12:37Can you believe it?
12:39Joe brought a girl with a waist.
12:44And only has two legs, not eight.
12:47Shocking.
12:49She doesn't have any feelers.
12:53Fuck.
