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Thumbelina
tries
to
protect
herself
from
the
elements.
When
winter
comes,
she
is
in
desperate
straits.
She
is
finally
given
shelter
by
an
old field
mouse and
tends
her
dwelling
in
gratitude.
Thumbelina
sees
a swallow who
is
injured
while
visiting
a mole,
a
neighbor
of
the
field
mouse.
She
meets
the
swallow
one
night
and
finds
out
what
happened
to
him.
She
keeps
on
visiting
the
swallow
during
midnight
without
telling
the
field
mouse
and
tries
to
help
him
gain
strength
and
she
frequently
spends
time
with
him
singing
songs
and
telling
him
stories
and
listening
to
his
stories
in
the
winter
until
spring
arrives.
The
swallow,
after
becoming
healthy,
promises
that
he
would
come
to
that
spot
again
and
flies
away
saying
goodbye
to
Thumbelina.
At
the
end
of
winter,
the
mouse
suggests
Thumbelina
marry
the
mole,
but
Thumbelina
finds
the
prospect
of
being
married
to
such
a
creature
repulsive
because
he
spends
all
his
days
underground
and
never
sees
the
sun
or
sky,
even
though
he
is
impressive
with
his
knowledge
of
ancient
history
and
lots
of
other
topics.
The
field
mouse
keeps
pushing
Thumbelina
into
the
marriage,
insisting
the
mole
is
a
good
match
for
her.
Eventually
Thumbelina
sees
little
choice
but
to
agree,
but
cannot
bear
the
thought
of
the
mole
keeping
her
underground
and
never
seeing
the
sun.
At
the
last
minute,
Thumbelina
escapes
the
situation
by
fleeing
to
a
far
land
with
the
swallow.
In
a
sunny
field
of
flowers,
Thumbelina
meets
a
tiny
flower-fairy
prince
just
her
size
and
to
her
liking;
they
eventually
wed.
She
receives
a
pair
of
wings
to
accompany
her
husband
on
his
travels
from
flower
to
flower,
and
a
new
name,
Maia.
In
the
end,
the
swallow
is
heartbroken
once
Thumbelina
marries
the
flower-fairy
prince,
and
flies
off
eventually
arriving
at
a
small
house.
There,
he
tells
Thumbelina's
story
to
a
man
who
is
implied
to
be
Andersen
himself,
who
chronicles
the
story
in
a
book.[1]
