Chapter 18
Thumbelina
Magic Seeds
Thumbelina grew like magic from a seed! Draw magic seeds into the empty squares to complete the four garden plots. There are four magic seeds:
Thumbelina's Country
To find out the country where Thumbelina was written, first put a letter in each box that corresponds to the starting letter of the pictures. Then, unscramble the letters to form the name of a country.
Memories
Try to remember all of the details of things you see on this page. Then turn to the next page and see if you can answer some true-false questions from memory.
Memories
After carefully studying the previous page, see if you can answer each of these questions either TRUE or FALSE. No peeking!
Author
Decode the numbers below to find out the author of Thumbelina. 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, etc.
Butterfly Friends
Thumbelina was helped by a butterfly who pulled her to safety. Help these butterflies find their way home by drawing a line from each butterfly to a corresponding flower. Can you figure out the pattern that connects each butterfly to a flower? One pair has already been matched.
Hint: Multiply the digits on each butterfly and add the digits on each flower.
Falling Leaves
All summer long, Thumbelina lived happily in the forest. When Fall came, the weather grew cold and the leaves fell. Draw a line from each piece to its place in the picture.
Mouse House Route
When winter came, Thumbelina stayed in the house of a mouse. Can you trace Thumbelina's route? She covered all the dashed lines and did not cross over or go back along any line.
Escape from Mr. Mole
Help Thumbelina find a path from Mr. Mole to the bird. The bird will help Thumbelina escape.
Carrots and Apples
Thumbelina started her journey to fairyland with no food in her bag! She made four stops along the way…
1 Thumbelina stopped at a lake and found three carrots. She ate one of the carrots and took the rest in her bag to the next stop…
2 Thumbelina stopped at a tree house and found five apples. She ate two of them and took the rest in her bag to the next stop…
3 Thumbelina stopped at a farm and found four more carrots and three more apples. She ate three carrots and one apple and took the rest in her bag to the next stop…
4 Thumbelina stopped at a castle and ate two carrots and two apples from her bag and took the rest to fairyland.
How many carrots and apples did Thumbelina have in her bag after each stop?
Many Emotions
Thumbelina has all kinds of experiences. Draw her face to express these emotions…
Dress Up
Thumbelina loves to dress up her friends in fairyland. Color these friends so they each have a unique dress…
Thumbelina's Crossword
In honor of Thumbelina's arrival in fairyland, the fairy prince made this crossword puzzle. The words use only letters from her name: THUMBELINA.
| ACROSS | |
| 4 | You have a first, middle, and last one |
| 5 | Opposite of fat |
| 6 | To search for prey |
| 9 | A being from outer space |
| 11 | Scientists' workplace |
| 12 | Green citrus fruit |
| 13 | Clue for the stumped |
| 14 | A sad color |
| 17 | Hamburger bread |
| 18 | There are 60 in an hour |
| 19 | Part of a dog that wags |
| 20 | Mary had a little one |
| 22 | Connects two points |
| 24 | Furnace output |
| 26 | After dinner candy and toothpaste flavor |
| 28 | Breakfast, lunch, or dinner |
| 30 | Fish that comes in a can |
| 31 | Between nine and eleven |
| DOWN | |
| 1 | The science of numbers and their operations |
| 2 | Not nice |
| 3 | A female adult chicken |
| 5 | A blue-green color |
| 7 | Furniture piece with legs |
| 8 | Balloon gas |
| 10 | Read when seated at a restaurant |
| 15 | Opposite of early |
| 16 | Your mother's sister |
| 17 | It holds pants up. |
| 21 | Delivered daily to your box |
| 22 | A fib |
| 23 | It is hit with a hammer |
| 25 | What you do at a restaurant |
| 27 | Clean and tidy |
| 29 | Worn on the head |
| 32 | Acorn and almond, for example |
Wedding Invitation Lists
Thumbelina and the fairy prince need your help to complete their wedding invitation lists. Each list has a certain type of name. For example, one list is just for names that include the letter Z. Draw a line from each name to the list it belongs to, and give a reason why.
Puzzle answers
1) BUMBLEBEE
2) BUTTERFLY
3) DUCK
4) FLOWER
5) FROG
6) MUSHROOM
7) SNAIL
8) BIRD
9) RACCOON
10) TREE
A playground for a toothy ocean animal is a:
SHARK PARK
A rodent abode is a:
MOUSE HOUSE
A birthday treat for a scaly friend is a:
SNAKE CAKE
A utensil to eat a dried plum is a:
PRUNE SPOON
D) U, R, R, D, R, R, U, U, U, L, L, U
PORCUPINE
LEOPARD
HORSE
RHINOCEROS
RACCOON
ZEBRA
RABBIT
ELEPHANT
GIRAFFE
CAMEL
GERBIL
CHEETAH
CHIPMUNK
JAGUAR
HEDGEHOG
HAMSTER
HIPPOPOTAMUS
TIGER
DOLPHIN
COYOTE
• Riddles
Why is six afraid of seven?
Because seven eight nine!
What clothing does a house wear?
Address!
What is in the middle of Paris?
The letter R!
What happens when an egg laughs?
It cracks up!
What month has 28 days?
All of them!
What has four legs but only one foot?
A bed!
WATER
CORN
HOE
BUGS
SEEDS
TOPSOIL
NOSE
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims
Here are some of the words that can be made with the letters in MOTHER GOOSE:
gee, gem, germ, get, ghost, go, gore, gosh, got, greet, groom, he, her, here, hero, hoe, hog, horse, hose, host, hot, me, meet, mere, mesh, met, meter, moose, more, most, moth, motor, oh, or, ore, other, remote, reset, rest, room, roost, root, rot, see, seem, set, she, sheet, shoe, shoot, shore, short, shot, smooth, so, some, sore, sort, steer, stem, store, storm, tee, teem, term, the, them, theme, there, these, those, three, to, toe, too, tore, tree
You might have found others. More words can be made by adding letters to these words.
6,000 bricks are needed. (2 × 10 × 300 = 6,000)
one wheel: UNICYCLE
one outfit: UNIFORM
together as one: UNITED
one sound: UNISO
a type of horn: CORNUCOPIA
If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.
Rather than have a big wedding, the elephant eloped with his bride, (antelope)
The melodic owl played trumpet in the band, (cow)
The monkey ate a mango atop the house, (goat)
Suzy has been a film buff a long time and loves romantic comedies, (buffalo)
The unicorn with three repeated letters in his name will deliver a letter for the princess. Who is it?
Ulysses
The unicorn whose name has all the letters in the word TURBO will pull the princess's carriage. Who is it?
Umberto
An even number of letters is in the name of the unicorn who will find a lost lamb for the princess. who is it?
ullric
• Going Up
Step 1: TOOT
Step 2: ROOT
Step 3: RAT
Step 4: CAT
Step 5: COAT
Step 6: COLT
Step 7: COIN
Baby teeth are also known as: MILK teeth
This explanation uses algebra:
Step 1. n = your number
Step 2. 3n + 3
Step 3. 2(3n + 3) + 30 = 6n + 36
Step 4. (6n + 36)/6 = n + 6
Step 5. n + 6–n = 6
2 hats × 5 shirts × 3 pants = 30
combinations of hats, shirts, and pants.
Gepetto must take out 4 socks from the drawer to guarantee that at least two of them match.
Here are some answers for this puzzle. You may have found others.
| A Animals: | Aardvark Alligator Ape |
| B Animals: | Baboon Bat Bear Beaver Bird Bunny |
| C Animals: | Camel Cat Chameleon Cheetah Chicken Cow Coyote Crab Crocodile |
| D Animals: | Deer Dog Dolphin Donkey Duck |
| E Animals: | Eagle Eel Elephant |
| F Animals: | Falcon Fish Flamingo Fox Frog |
| G Animals: | Gazelle Gecko Giraffe Goat Goose Gorilla Groundhog Guinea Pig |
| H Animals: | Hen Hippopotamus Horse |
| I Animals: | Iguana |
| J Animals: | Jackal Jaguar Jellyfish |
| K Animals: | Kangaroo Kiwi Koala Bear Kookaburra |
| L Animals: | Lamb Leopard Lion Lizard Llama Lobster |
| M Animals: | Monkey Moose Mouse |
| O Animals: | Octopus Orangutan Ostrich Owl Ox |
| P Animals: | Panda Panther Parrot Penguin Pig |
| Q Animals: | Quail |
| R Animals: | Rabbit Raccoon Rattlesnake Rhinoceros |
| S Animals: | Seal Shark Sheep Skunk Snake Squirrel |
| T Animals: | Tiger Tortoise Turkey Turtle |
| W Animals: | Walrus Weasel Whale Wolf |
| Z Animals: | Zebra |
Pinocchio just needs to swim 2 miles south to find land.
• Changes
There are many possible solutions. Here are our answers:
WIRE
WISE
WISH
FISH
BALL
BAWL
BOWL
BOWS
COWS
PAPER
TAPER
TAMER
TIMER
TIGER
TOE
DOE
DOG
HORSE
HOUSE
MOUSE
MOOSE
GOOSE
RICE
RIDE
RUDE
RULE
MULE
• Memories
• Author
The digits on a butterfly multiplied should equal the sum of the digits on a flower.
Matthew, Garrett, Scott, Brittany, Juliette, Charlotte: all have TT.
Madison, Sonia, Carson, Sonny, Garrison, Jason: all have SON.
Elizabeth, Zachary, ZhiRong, Mackenzie, Zane, Hazel: all have a Z.
Ava, Hannah, Bob, Harrah, Okonoko, Eve: all are palindromes–they read the same backward or forward.
Brook, Isaac, Aaron, Kaylee, Ashlee, Reese: all have a repeated vowel.