Thumbelina

Once upon a time . . .

there lived a woman who had no children.

She dreamed of having a little girl, but time went by, and her dream never came true.

She then went to visit a witch, who gave her a magic grain of barley.

She planted it in a flower pot.

And the very next day, the grain had turned into a lovely flower, rather like a tulip.

The woman softly kissed its half-shut petals.

And as though by magic, the flower opened in full blossom.

Inside sat a tiny girl, no bigger than a thumb.

The woman called her...

Thumbelina