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The Steadfast Tin Soldier (3) [Steadfast Tin Soldier]

The Steadfast Tin Soldier (3)

" But maybe she's too grand. She lives in a castle. I have only a box, with four-and-twenty roommates to share it. That's no place for her. But I must try to make her acquaintance."

Still as stiff as when he stood at attention, he lay down on the table behind a snuffbox, where he could admire the dainty little dancer who kept standing on one leg without ever losing her balance.
" She is so beautiful, " he thought.

When the evening came the other tin soldiers were put away in their box, and the people of the house went to bed.

Now the toys began to play among themselves at visits, and battles, and at giving balls.

The tin soldiers rattled about in their box, for they wanted to play too, but they could not get the lid open.

The nutcracker turned somersaults, and the slate pencil squeaked out jokes on the slate.

The toys made such a noise that they woke up the canary bird, who made them a speech, all in verse.

The only two who stayed still were the tin soldier and the little dancer.

Without ever swerving from the tip of one toe, she held out her arms to him, and the tin soldier was just as steadfast on his one leg.

He never took his eyes off her, even for a moment.

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