Sylvia Long's Thumbelina by Sylvia Long

Author:Sylvia Long
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2010-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

As the mole had said, in the middle of the tunnel lay a beautiful swallow. He must have died from the cold, thought Thumbelina with a shiver.

The mole brusquely pushed past the bird saying, “He will sing no more now. How miserable it must be to be born a bird! I am thankful that none of my children will be birds, for they can do nothing but whistle and chirp, then die of hunger in the winter.”

“Yes, you are wise,” the field mouse agreed. “What is the use of their song?”

Thumbelina said nothing, but when the others had turned their backs, she bent down to stroke the soft feathers that covered the bird’s head and kissed his closed eyelids.

“Perhaps you were one who sang to me so sweetly in the summer,” she whispered.

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