Things I've Learned from Watching Thumbelina Again

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1. all animals wear clothes
2. being a native of France doesn't mean that you speak French
3. witches (and good ones at that) exist
4. planting barleycorn will create a flower from which a tiny, fully developed girl (16 years in age) will rise
5. animals can speak (and sing)
6. chicks hatch from eggs already wearing their own outfits
7. no one needs school
8. bumblebees are the cutest and fastest flying mounts. they also don't have stingers.
9. 16-year-old fairy guys look more like they're 20
10. saying, "I wonder if <insert creatures here> really do exist," will lead one to appear in the next 3 minutes or so
11. it's possible to know, trust, and love someone after flying with him/her and singing a song OR watching the person do that for 5 seconds
12. the seasons change after a day at the most
13. toads have Spanish accents and are good at singing
14. birds have French accents and are good at singing
15. a guy will tell you that you're beautiful, dress you up as a beetle, watch your beetle costume fly off because of a mild twirl, then call you ugly because you're not a beetle even though he already knew that
16. all bears wear sleeping caps and hold empty clay honey jars while hibernating
17. water completely freezes after 5 seconds in normal winter conditions
18. a person can survive being frozen like that after who knows how long
19. moles are blind, but can see
20. money>love
21. princes aren't as rich as moles
22. being engaged to a fairy will immediately give you wings and a new dress
23. it's perfectly acceptable to anyone and everyone to get engaged without your lover having met your parent(s) and it's equally fine to not notify them until the wedding
24. everything works out alright in the end