The Velveteen Rabbit & Other Stories (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
She went to see a fairy about her wish and received a flower seed, which she planted that night. The next morning, a beautiful red-and-gold flower with tightly closed petals had grown in the pot. The delighted woman kissed the bud, and suddenly the petals opened. Inside sat a very delicate and graceful little girl. She was the size of a thumb, and so she was named Thumbelina. Her cradle was a walnut shell, her bed was lined with violet leaves, and she had a rose petal for a blanket. One night, an ugly toad crept through the window and leaped upon the table where Thumbelina lay sleeping. “What a pretty little wife she would make for my son,” said the toad, and she took Thumbelina’s bed and jumped through the window with it into the garden. The toad took the cradle to the pond and placed it on a lily pad, and then went to fetch her son. Thumbelina awoke and cried at finding herself in a strange place with nowhere to go. The fish felt pity for the beautiful girl and nibbled on the lily stem so that she could escape from the toad’s ugly son.
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