Read the story
“Tin soldiers!” exclaimed a little boy, who had just been given his
birthday present.He opened the box.Twenty-five tin soldiers
were lying there as still as the lead they were made of
The boy clapped his hands together in glee and started
arrangingthe tin brothers on the table
one, the twenty-fifth, was missing a leg, because there hadn’t been
enough lead to finish it. This last soldier stood just like his brothers
all day and all night long. The only difference was that he only had
.one leg
Night came and the tin soldier could finally take a look at the other toys. They were carefully organized and each had its own place. His eyes fell on to a paper ballerina, who was also standing on one leg. The other was elegantly stretched up nearly to her head. The tin soldier couldn’t see the second leg and thought she was just like him with only one leg. He fell in love with the little dancer, whose top was covered with tiny stones, which flickered magically in the moonlight.
“Hey, you there! You on the left!” yelled a green-haired troll from across the room. The tin soldier couldn’t understand who he was addressing, but the troll spoke again, “Take your eyes off the ballerina right now! Haven’t you seen a ballerina before?Don’t you even think of getting any closer to her tomorrow when the boy plays with us.” But the tin soldier didn’t pay any attention to what the troll was saying.
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