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The kind widow Hobbs was very sad on her birthday as she celebrates with her only companion, Percival, the pig. All she ever wanted was a child, she explains to a beggar who comes to her house for food. The beggar promptly turns into the Marvellous Magician and gives her a special seed which blooms into a tiny girl, Thumbelina.
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02:54The only reward I could ever wish for is that I was a mother. I have no children, you see.
03:02And now it's too late.
03:13It's never, ever too late.
03:17May I present myself, madam? I am the marvelous magician.
03:25I, uh, but why were you...
03:28Why was I disguised as a beggar?
03:59That's easy.
04:30You're growing dreams, but what will happen?
04:38Ask me not, good mother, your faith will be rewarded.
04:48I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it.
05:31I'll do it.
05:34I'll do it.
05:34I'll do it. I'll do it. I'm a happy dream as for a child. Oh, wishing star. Even if it
05:38were only a little child, I would be so happy.
05:49Oh, my. A flower bud.
05:53See, Percival, my plant will soon have a flower.
06:18It can't be.
06:33A child. I don't believe my eyes.
06:41Hush, little one. Shh. There's a darling.
06:49Good girl.
06:52So beautiful. So perfect. So tiny.
06:58I've never seen such a small child before.
07:04Smaller than my thumb.
07:07Then I shall call you Thumbelet.
07:12No. Thumberelle.
07:14No. Thumberoni. Thumbereen.
07:22Thumbelina. Yes. Thumbelina.
07:26Oh, you like your name, do you?
07:33Yes. Thumbelina. I shall call you Thumbelina.
07:38The magician was right. This is the loveliest moment in all of my life.
07:44Can you say Mama?
07:50Mama. Mama. Mama.
08:09It's the most beautiful word in the whole wide world.
08:20And then a dog, Mama.
08:28This is the old baby.
08:29She's another little baby.
08:29I'll do this.
08:30Hmm.
08:33It's the old baby.
08:35That's a good old baby.
08:36It's a good old baby.
08:37The old baby girl.
08:42Aha, here it is. I always knew I would find a use for that one glove.
08:55There you go, your first dress. And if you grow, I still have four more.
09:01But don't grow too much, young lady. All will have to change your name.
09:09Oh, thank you, Mother. It's beautiful. I do love you so much.
09:19Oh, how do I look, Mother?
09:23Very, very pretty in your bright new dress.
09:49Oh, Cumberlina. You make me so very happy.
09:54What did I ever do before you came into my life?
10:04Oh, Cumberlina.
10:06Oh, Cumberlina.
10:09Oh, Cumberlina.
10:12Oh, Cumberlina.
10:14Oh, Cumberlina.
10:16Oh, Cumberlina.
10:20Oh, Cumberlina.
10:22Oh, Cumberlina.
10:26Oh, Cumberlina.
10:26Oh, Cumberlina.
10:27Oh, Cumberlina.
10:27Oh, Cumberlina.
10:51and after all her adventures the little princess married the flower prince
10:57and they lived happily ever after
11:00oh mama that was truly lovely i wish i could go on journeys and have adventures and and get married
11:10to a prince and and and all sorts of things
11:25oh hush now my child you must be worn out after your adventures just from today
11:33but speaking of wishing tonight is the night of the new moon so i'll put your crib on the
11:40windowsill now off to bed with you
11:55on the windowsill you'll be able to see all the stars and maybe if you look really hard
12:04you might find the wishing star and make a wish
12:08a wish what would i wish for mama anything your heart desires my darling anything at all
12:20now good night my precious sweet dreams
12:30good night mother
12:34oh the stars how beautiful so many of them millions and millions of tiny stars
12:44but which one is the wishing star oh i'll never be able to find it
12:52oh has so many things to wish for oh so many adventures to
13:00oh so sleepy
13:19well now what's this what a stroke of luck my son would love to meet her
13:35oh
13:36oh
13:36oh
13:36oh
13:43oh
13:49Oh, oh, oh.
14:11Mother! Help, Mother! Please, help me!
14:18She'll never hear you!
14:23Not down here on the swamp, young lady!
14:27She'll never hear you!
14:30What do you want?
14:32Me? I don't want anything.
14:37But Toby, my son here, does.
14:39He's looking for a jolly good wife.
14:43Frankly, my dear, you fit the bill.
14:47What do you think, boy?
14:51That doesn't look like much of a hopper to me, Peter.
15:00They don't have to be good hoppers to be good wives, boy.
15:05I mean, that type of flippity gibbet is likely to hop away and leave you at any time.
15:17They're quite unreliable.
15:21They've got no quality about them, like... like... what's your name, darling?
15:30Thumbelina.
15:32Good name, that. Starts with a T, like two.
15:37No quality about them, like Thumbelina here.
15:41What's it to be, boy? Yes or no?
15:49Yes, good. That's it, then. We'll have the wedding this afternoon.
15:55Oh, no! Help! Someone, please help me.
16:27Sorry!
16:29Hey, huh?
16:51Oh, dear. Oh, dear. That was scary. Huh?
17:02Oh, thank you, Mr. Dragonfly. Thank you very much.
17:15Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! No! Yahoo!
17:22Yippee!
17:25Why, thank you, Mr. Catafala. That was great fun. Can we do that again?
17:36Well, maybe not, but thank you all the same.
17:43How do you do, Mr. Caterpillar? And my name is Thumbelina.
17:49Oh, it is so lovely here. I do wish I could show Mama all this.
17:54Oh, dear. I've forgotten all about my Mama. I wonder what she must be thinking.
18:11Thumbelina! Thumbelina! Please! Where are you?
18:16Oh, Percival! She's gone! My dearest Thumbelina has gone! Oh, what shall I do? Where could she be?
18:41Why, thank you, Mr. Caterpillar. I don't mind if I do.
18:51Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, do forgive me, Miss Lady Beetle. I didn't mean to upset you. I am sorry,
18:59you know.
19:02Oh, my! Oh, my! Oh, my, my! Well, I never...
19:10Thumbelina could not believe her eyes. Behind the leaves, she could see all sorts of insects,
19:18busily making ready for the end-of-season ball, all getting ready for the coming of autumn.
19:32Oh, dear! This is such fun!
19:36Oh, dear! This is such fun!
19:38Oh, dear! This is such fun!
20:08Oh, my, my. Things do change quickly around here.
20:13So poor little Thumbelina was lost deep in the forest a long way from home
20:21with no one to take care of her, as she shivered with the cold.
20:45Oh, dear. I'm so cold.
20:49And I do wish I had my mother here to make me something warm to wear.
20:55Oh, what to do, what to do.
20:58My, my, I could...
21:00No, that wouldn't work.
21:03Maybe I might...
21:04No, no.
21:07I could...
21:09Could use feathers?
21:11Could use feathers?
21:13Yes, I could use feathers.
21:15But where am I going?
21:17Huh?
21:19But where did that voice come from?
21:22No, no, no.
21:24Not under there.
21:25Up here.
21:27Look up.
21:29What? Look up?
21:33Ow!
21:33Oh, this is all so very confusing.
21:38Oh, oh, my goodness.
21:44Don't you, oh, my goodness me, young lady, sitting there, whiling away the time when there's plenty to be done,
21:51especially seeing that autumn, especially seeing that autumn is here, and that winter won't be far behind.
21:57I see you've done nothing about warm clothing for winter as yet.
22:03Yes, Mrs. Spider, I was just...
22:06Don't spin me a yarn, young lady.
22:09I'm a past mistress of spinning.
22:12Uh, yes, Mrs. Spider.
22:14I mean, no, Mrs. Spider.
22:16Oh, I don't know what I mean anymore.
22:19I'm so confused.
22:21I'll say you're confused.
22:24And don't call me Mrs. Missy.
22:28Yes, Mrs. Spider.
22:31That's better.
22:33And now, about feathers.
22:36Feathers, Mrs. Spider?
22:38Yes, young lady.
22:40Feathers, for your winter's cape.
22:51No, young lady should be out in winter without a warm winter's cape.
22:56Ah, here we are.
22:58These will do just nicely.
23:04Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
23:08Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
23:14Oh!
23:21Oh! It's lovely and so warm!
23:25Thank you so very much, Mrs. Spider.
23:35There. There we go now.
23:37All tucked in, and not a moment too soon.
23:42It's going to be a cold night, but a beautiful one.
24:04Oh, my, my.
24:07This is truly the most beautiful night I've ever seen.
24:15Oh, my goodness.
24:19Oh, how wonderful. Firefly.
24:47Oh, Mr. Spider, help me.
24:57Over and over twirled the autumn leaves in the swirling wind further and further from the woodlands,
25:04with little Thumbelina hanging on with all her might.
25:13Oh, my precious water flight.
25:18This is not the woodland. I wonder what strange place this is.
25:28Oh, I don't like this at all. I don't want to be here.
25:34Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:36Cheer up. It can't be that bad.
25:39Oh, it is. I've lost my mother, and I'm tired and hungry, and I don't know where I am.
25:45I'm so far away from home, and oh, ho, ho, ho, ho.
25:51There, there. We can do something about most of that.
25:55Come inside. I've got a nice hot fire going, and some lovely barley soup I've just made.
26:01Come on. My name's Mouse. Miss Mouse to most.
26:09But Mousey to my friends.
26:17Now, what's your name?
26:20You're the smallest girl I've ever seen.
26:24Not that I've actually seen many girls.
26:26I hear them coming, and I hide when they're about.
26:31I'm Thumbelina, Miss Mouse.
26:34Mousey, please, Thumbelina. I can tell we're going to be the best of friends.
26:39I just know it. In the meantime, until the winter passes, you can stay here.
26:44I've got lots of food and firewood, and besides, it's quite boring here by myself.
26:50Except when Mr Mole comes to visit from next door, but he's painfully quiet.
26:56Thank you, M-Mousey. I can't tell you how grateful I am. You've saved my life.
27:02Nothing of the sort. Now, let's get some of that soup into you, and you'll feel better in no time.
27:15My, my, my, Thumbelina. You have been having the most amazing adventures.
27:21Mr Mole will be so disappointed that he wasn't here to listen to all your stories.
27:30Oh, my goodness. What's happening?
27:33Oh, no, no. Not again. Not again.
27:42Mr Mole. Mr Mole. Mr Mole. Come here immediately.
27:55Hello, Mousy. What a lovely, er, surprise.
28:00Oh, er, sorry about the floor, Mousy.
28:05Mr Mole. This is Thumbelina. Thumbelina. Mr Mole.
28:11Oh, very pleased to meet you, Mr Mole. I've never met a mole before, or even seen one.
28:19Well, that's because, er, because we live underground all our lives.
28:26Because they're shy. But he's too shy to tell you that, Thumbelina.
28:31Moles are the shyest creatures in the world, you know.
28:37That's why we stay underground. Who'd want to see us?
28:42Mr Mole, there's nothing wrong with you. You look perfectly all right to me.
28:49Oh, do you really think so? Oh, thank you, Miss Thumbelina. I've never met a person before.
29:00Do they have these? It rolled down into my burrow. I'm afraid it's dead.
29:08That's a doll's stop hat, Mr Mole. You wear them on your head.
29:14Oh, that does look nice, Mr Mole. No, Mr Mole. The other way around.
29:24Like this?
29:27You look so funny, Mr Mole.
29:36Now, Mr Mole, you mustn't be so shy. I thought you'd like to show Thumbelina around your house.
29:45Oh, yes. I suppose so. Do come in, both of you.
29:52Er, er, do watch the, er, the step.
30:13Now, er, here's the sitting room. Watch your feet.
30:20Oh, very nice, Mr Mole. Oh!
30:25Hey! Lovely, Mr Mole.
30:29Hey!
30:31Thank you, Miss Mouse. And over here's the kitchen. Mind the step.
30:41Ah! Very charming, Mr Mole.
30:45Oh, do you think so? Who'll be stubbornly to take you?
30:52And there's the pear tree. It's full of food. Mind your head.
30:57Ow!
31:04It's just not in the nature of bowls to have lights. They don't need them, you see. Short-sighted animals
31:11they are. Yes.
31:13But so very, very... Oh, so very, very... Oh! Oh, Melina!
31:21I'm so very tired. It must be time for hibernation.
31:27Hibernation? What's that?
31:31Hibernation? Why? That's our winter's sleep, silly.
31:36Oh! We'll both be so comfortable.
31:40Ah, sleeping until spring.
31:44Sleeping until spring?
31:46But, Mousy, I'm not at all sleepy.
31:49Mousy? Mousy?
31:51No.
32:03No, no, no...
32:08Just a little bit.
32:12I'll probably go.
32:13Here's our doppelganger.
32:13I'm just gonna try to see the magic trick in the back.
32:15Let's go.
32:16I'll try.
32:20I can't wait.
32:37On into the winter, Mouse slept in hibernation, while Thumbelina waited by the fireside, warming her toes.
32:51Oh, I do wish Mouse would wake up. It's no fun sitting here in silence. I miss having someone to
32:59talk to. I miss my mother. I haven't thought of her for such a long time. I wonder if she's
33:10missing me.
33:16Oh, there you go, Percival. Isn't it much warmer in here by the fire with me than out in that
33:21cold old barn? Now I will have someone to talk to.
33:27Oh, since Thumbelina ran away. Oh, I'm sorry, Percival. But I do miss my little Thumbelina so much. I only
33:44hope she is safe.
34:01Oh, my. How beautiful.
34:05Oh, my.
34:37Oh, Marcy, do wake up and come and see, quickly.
34:41What? What? Come quickly? Why? What's the matter?
34:46Oh, look, Marcy, everything is covered in icing and sugar frosting, like a cake.
34:55Icing and sugar frosting, indeed.
34:59Oh, my, my, what an idea, Thumbelina. Haven't you ever seen snowflakes before?
35:05Oh, snowflakes? No, Marcy, never.
35:09Never? You've never seen snow before?
35:13Well, I never. Oh, my goodness gracious.
35:18Then we must get Mr. Mole and take you outside.
35:22Oh, this will be such fun.
35:25Mr. Mole? Oh, Mr. Mole? Wake up, Mr. Mole. Wakey, wakey.
35:34All right, Mr. Mole, you can show Thumbelina how it's done.
35:46Now, now, Mr. Mole, on your back, like this.
36:00There, Thumbelina. See how it's done? Now, you try.
36:07Oh, dear. That'll never do.
36:11No, no, never do.
36:13No fur. That's what.
36:16Thumbelina has no fur to slide on.
36:19Whatever shall I do, Marcy?
36:25All right, now, Thumbelina.
36:28Hold on tight.
36:31Holding on, Marcy.
36:33Okay, Mr. Mole.
36:34Ready? Now.
36:36Push.
36:48Uh-oh.
36:51Uh-oh, dear.
36:53Whoa!
36:57Whoa!
36:59Wow, wow, wow, wow.
37:02Whoa!
37:26Well, I must say...
37:44Oh, you look so funny, Mr. Moe.
37:47Both of you.
37:49Mr. Moe and your silly head.
37:52And now see you.
37:57Thumbelina, that's very thoughtless of you.
38:00Now you've hurt his feelings.
38:03And mine.
38:05If you think we're so funny,
38:07just because we're poor, ignorant animals,
38:10then why don't you go off and live with those toads?
38:14See if you like that.
38:15Oh, Mousy, please forgive me.
38:18I'm so terribly sorry.
38:21That was very rude of me.
38:25Come, Mr. Moe.
38:26Yes, Mousy.
38:27If you please.
38:28Bye, Thumbelina.
38:30Oh, no.
38:31Mr. Moe, please don't go.
38:34Mr. Moe, this way, if you please.
38:39No, please, Mousy.
38:41Mr. Moe, don't leave me.
38:43I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
38:46You've both been so kind to me.
38:48I promise I'll never do it again.
38:51Oh.
38:55Oh, I say.
38:57Help.
38:58Help.
38:59Oh.
39:00Oh, dear.
39:03Oh, dear.
39:05Are you all right?
39:06One moment I was sitting on a branch,
39:09as happy as you like,
39:10then everything went black.
39:11Oh, that must have been when Mr. Moe hit the tree
39:15and all the snow broke loose and fell.
39:18Thought my time had come.
39:19You know, great bird's nest in the sky.
39:22That sort of thing.
39:23Jolly decent of you to help.
39:25By the way, Swallow's the name.
39:28Flying's the game.
39:29And my name is Thumbelina.
39:32Live around here, do you, Thumbelina?
39:34Yes.
39:35Well, no.
39:37For a while, I did live with Mousy in her burrow
39:39near Mr. Moe's.
39:40But that's all over now.
39:44Mousy and Mole, eh?
39:46Hmm.
39:46Know them both.
39:47Underworld folk.
39:48Not my kind at all.
39:50Too stay at home for me.
39:52All that hibernating and such carry on.
39:54I much prefer to migrate with the other birds.
39:58Migrate?
39:59With the other birds?
40:01Yes.
40:02Haven't you noticed them migrating for winter?
40:07I don't see anyone migrating.
40:10Oh, I say.
40:12Quite funny.
40:14No, Thumbelina.
40:15Not around you.
40:17Above you.
40:18Look up in the sky.
40:25You should think of coming one year, Thumbelina.
40:28Missed this year, of course, with the winter nearly over.
40:32Everyone's heading back home for spring.
40:34Oh, Swallow!
40:37Oh, Swallow!
40:37It all sounds so wonderful.
40:39But there's only one place I'd really like to go.
40:46Oh!
40:47Oh!
40:48What was that?
40:49Uh-oh.
40:52The spring rains.
40:53I must be off.
40:55You'd better get under cover.
40:56Toodlepip.
40:57And thanks ever so much for everything.
41:00Been lovely talking to you.
41:02Oh, wait.
41:03Mr. Swallow.
41:05Please don't go.
41:08Please don't leave me.
41:10I don't know where...
41:12No!
41:15Oh, no!
41:16Oh, no...
41:19Oh!
41:21Oh, no!
41:21Oh!
41:25Oh, no!
41:34Oh, no!
41:37Oh, no!
41:53Poor Thumbelina, once again all alone, lost, so far from home.
42:00Oh, whatever is to become of me. If only I could find the wishing star. I don't want to be
42:12here anymore. I want to go home. Home to my mama.
42:41Thumbelina! I say, Thumbelina!
42:50Oh, Thumbelina! Where are you?
42:54Oh, my! I thought the sun would never shine again. I thought that I would never see green grass again.
43:03Oh, Thumbelina! There you are, my girl. Couldn't for the life of me work out where the juice you'd got
43:10to.
43:10Oh, Swallow! I'm so very glad to see you.
43:17Oh, I say. Thumbelina, steady on, old girl. You'll go and get a chap all embarrassed.
43:24Oh, Swallow, it's just that I'm so glad you came back. So very, very glad.
43:32Yes, well, we were rather interrupted by the storm, but got to thinking nice girl like you should be in
43:40a garden where you belong like all flower children.
43:43So I thought I'd just pop back and give you a lift. You know, one good deed deserves another, all
43:49that sort of thing, eh, what?
43:51Oh, Swallow! Oh, right you! Could you really take me home?
43:56What say we give it the old college try, so to speak, eh, what? Yes, yes?
44:01Oh, yes, please, Swallow. I would be ever so grateful.
44:06No, no. My pleasure. Hop on, and we'll take a look.
44:13Hold on now. I don't want to drop you. Contact!
44:16Okay. Contact!
44:21And off we go!
44:28Oh, yes! There's the pond where Lassel Mousy and Mr. Mole.
44:34And the hill where we slid down the snow.
44:37Oh, here's the field where they live.
44:40I can see Mousy's house. Hello, Mousy!
44:45Over there! The glen where I sat on a mushroom and met Mr. Spider!
44:50Oh! Oh, Swallow, this is so much fun!
44:54This must be the woodland where...
44:57Ah, yes! There's the stream and the Cascades.
45:01Oh, Swallow! Here, here! Please, can we go down here?
45:05I see someone I know!
45:10Mr. Caterpillar! Mr. Caterpillar!
45:13Oh, please wait, Mr. Caterpillar! Please...
45:15Huh?
45:16Huh?
45:17Huh?
45:18Huh?
45:19Oh, goodness, Mr. Caterpillar!
45:23My, how you've changed!
45:25You're a butterfly!
45:27Who would have thought...
45:31Flower children!
45:33Oh, how wonderful!
45:35Ah! Thumbelina!
45:37Greetings!
45:38And welcome to the Garden of Flowers!
45:41Oh, my goodness!
45:43You must be the Prince of Flowers!
45:47Yes, I am.
45:49And our good friend Swallow told us of you
45:52and returned to bring you here, back home.
46:05Percival! Percival!
46:08Percival!
46:08Whatever is it?
46:11Is something wrong?
46:19Thumbelina!
46:21Oh, my Thumbelina!
46:24You've come back to me!
46:27Percival!
46:29Thumbelina is back!
46:31Oh, Mama!
46:33It's you!
46:35Back home!
46:37But who are all these...
46:39Why, these are all my friends
46:42who've been so good to me!
46:45This is Mr. Spider,
46:47and Mr. Caterpillar,
46:49who's really a butterfly,
46:50and dear, dear Mousy,
46:52and, oh, swallow, and...
46:55Well, my, my!
46:57I never...
46:59So many friends!
47:01And I've never even noticed them!
47:04I was so blinded by my own loneliness!
47:08The magician was right!
47:10He sent you to me, dear Thumbelina,
47:13to show me how much I do have
47:15right here in my own garden!
47:19Oh, yes, Mama!
47:21And I'm so happy
47:24just to be back here with you!
47:29A cat!
47:31Like a cat!
47:32And...
47:32E'
47:32Oh, yes!
47:50Oh, yes!
47:51Hey, hey, hey!
47:52Hey, hey, hey!
47:52Hey, hey, hey!
47:56Hey, hey, hey, hey!