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Thumbelina cried, and some little guppies heard her and chewed the roots off the lily pad to help her escape. Thumbellina's lily pad floated away. A few hours later, she finally stopped floating.

She ate berries and drank the dew off the leaves during the summer. But then winter came, and she needed shelter. A kindly mouse let her stay with it, but it said, "You'll have to marry my friend, Mole because I cannot keep you for another winter."

The next day, she went to see Mole. She found a sick bird in one of the tunnels and said, "Poor thing, I will bury it." Then she found out it was still alive and cared for it until it was ready to fly.

It flew off. That fall, she nearly had to marry Mole. But then she heard a familiar tweet, and an idea popped up in the bird's head.

"You can come down to the warm country," said the bird, so Thumbellina hopped on the bird's back and flew to the warm country. The people there who were like her renamed her Erin. She married a prince, and she lived happily ever after.

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2. The Tortoise And The Hare by Aesop

The Tortoise And The Hare (freepik.com)

A Hare was teasing the Tortoise one day for being so slow.

"Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.

"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it."

The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but he agreed for the fun.

So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off.

The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to nap until the Tortoise should catch up.

The Tortoise, meanwhile, kept going slowly but steadily and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully. When he finally woke up, the Tortoise was near the goal.