When an old dam begins to crack one autumn day Thumbelina must journey to the meadow of the Tulips to alert the Prince so that the spring thaw doesn`t wash away the village of the Little People. The tiny heroine doesn`t anticipate the trials and thrilling adventures that await her in the world. From the moment a wicked witch discovers her in the forest and sells her to a childless woman her journey becomes an escape from one incredible scrape after another. Lost and alone in a frozen land she falls prey to sinister Mona Mouse who promises her food and shelter if she will live underground and forever as the wife of the cagey Mr. Mole. Only her heroic forest friends and the Prince`s soldiers can help to rescue Thumbelina and the village of the Little People.