I think everyone know this story like the Princess and the Pea from when they were little however the original story is so different to the story I was told as a kid. As always it's about a small person who's called Thumbelina. However there isn't a whole group of them there's just here. Also, she was born because of a woman who couldn't have a child. This woman went to an old witch and asked her how she could get a child. The witch gave her a barleycorn and told her to plant it in a flower pot. A pretty flower grew and when it opened up there was a small person inside. This is completely different to the other stories which never actually told me how she came into existence. I like to think that when this story first came out that lots of children planted barleycorn just to see if it was true. There are so many things that happen in this story and the way Thumbelina was born was just the first few paragraphs. I still don't understand how Andersen gets so much information into such small paragraphs without making the reader confused. To me that shows a lot of skill which I love.
For once I don't think there is a strong moral to this story however the one I think of is that it doesn't matter how pretty you are you must be kind as well.
Here are the images at the start of this story and the colour plate:
Thanks for reading and I'll see you next post.
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