“here is a barleycorn of a different kind to those which grow in the farmer’s fields, and which the chickens eat; put it into a flower - pot, and see what will happen.”

“謝謝你。” 女人說，然後她給了仙女十二先令，這就是那顆大麥粒的價錢。

“thank you,” said the woman, and she gave the fairy twelve shillings, which was the price of the barleycorn.

然後她回家把它種了下去，立刻就長出了一朵又大又漂亮的花，樣子有點像鬱金香，但它的葉子緊緊合攏著，好像仍然是一個花蕾。

then she went home and planted it, and immediately there grew up a large handsome flower, something like a tulip in appearance, but with its leaves tightly closed as if it were still a bud.

“這是一朵美麗的花。” 女人說，她親吻了那紅色和金黃色的花瓣，就在她親吻的時候，花開放了，她看到這是一朵真正的鬱金香。

“It is a beautiful flower,” said the woman, and she kissed the red and golden - colored leaves, and while she did so the flower opened, and she could see that it was a real tulip.

在這朵花裡，在綠色的天鵝絨般的花蕊上，坐著一位非常嬌美、優雅的小姑娘。

within the flower, upon the green velvet stamens, sat a very delicate and graceful little maiden.

她還不到一個拇指的一半長，他們給她取名叫 “拇指姑娘”，或者小不點，因為她是那麼小。

She was scarcely half as long as a thumb, and they gave her the name of “thumbelina,” or tiny, because she was so small.

一個擦得光亮的胡桃殼給她當搖籃；她的床是用藍色的紫羅蘭花瓣做成的，玫瑰花瓣做她的被子。

A walnut - shell, elegantly polished, served her for a cradle; her bed was formed of blue violet - leaves, with a rose - leaf for a counterpane.

晚上她在這裡睡覺，但白天她就在一張桌子上玩耍，那女人在桌子上放了一盤水。

here she slept at night, but during the day she amused herself on a table,