Thumbelina (1994)

JACQUIMO

If you follow your heart When you follow your heart Hello! Welcome to Paris, city of love. Who am I? I am Jacquimo, swallow extraordinaire and lover of beautiful things. You’re sure to do impossible things If you follow your heart You’re sure to fly on magical wings When you follow your heart Oh, that is very nice, n’est pas {isn’t it}? And I like what it is saying. It is saying follow your heart and nothing is impossible. You’re sure to do impossible things Ooh, I love the sound of my voice. When you follow your heart When you follow your heart I love great romances. I myself am a swallow of great passion. Livres d’l’amour {books of love}. These are stories about people with impossible problems. Samson loved Delilah, that was really impossible. Romeo and Juliet, oh impossible. But the most impossible of all the stories is impossibly small. The story of Thumbelina. Once upon a time there was a lonely woman who longed to have a child to call her own. One day she paid a visit to a good witch who gave her a tiny barleycorn. “Plant it in a flowerpot,” she said, “and see what happens.” The woman did as she told and by and by it began growing. Until at last…

[Transition to: Mother’s home.]

MOTHER

Oh, what a pretty flower.

THUMBELINA

Hello, mother.

MOTHER

I will call you Thumbelina.

JACQUIMO (v.o.)

Thumbelina. But can you imagine the troubles for a little girl no bigger than your thumb, hmm?

[Transition to: Farm.]

DUCK

Who is the girl no bigger than a bumble bee?

GOAT

Who is the angel with a funny name?

BULL

Who we don’t know where she’s from or how she came to be

DUCK, GOAT AND BULL

But happy was the day she came

CHICKENS

Thumbelina

GOAT

She’s a funny little squirt

CHICKENS

Thumbelina

BULL

Tiny angel in a skirt

CHICKENS

Thumbelina

ALL ANIMALS

Oh, she’s mending, and baking Pretending, she’s making things up

CHICKENS

Thumbelina

THUMBELINA

Who would believe the wonder of the world I see Each little minute brings a new surprise There’s only one peculiar thing that bothers me Seems I’m the only one my size

ALL ANIMALS

Thumbelina

BULL

Think of all we’ll save on meals

ALL ANIMALS

Thumbelina

HEN

Maybe if you had high heels

ALL ANIMALS

Thumbelina If you stay here forever We’ll know that we’ll never Be glum

BULL

By gum

ALL ANIMALS

Thumbelina She’s always in the thick Thumbelina

THUMBELINA

But I get out in the nick

ALL ANIMALS

Thumbelina Fortune sometimes has tricked us But this time it’s picked us

THUMBELINA

Oh, a plum’s so big And a fig’s so big And they call it a twig But a twig’s so big

ALL ANIMALS

It’s a great big world Thumbelina Thumbelina Thumbelina

THUMBELINA

That’s me!