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The Steadfast Tin Soldier (7) [Steadfast Tin Soldier]

The Steadfast Tin Soldier (7)

The paper boat pitched, and tossed, and sometimes it whirled about so rapidly that it made the soldier's head spin.

But he stood as steady as ever.
Never once flinching, he kept his eyes front, and carried his gun shoulder-high.

Suddenly the boat rushed under a long tunnel where the gutter was boarded over. It was as dark as the soldier's own box.

" Where can I be going ? " the soldier wondered.
" This must be that black goblin's revenge. Ah ! if only I had the little lady with me, I wouldn't care the darkness."

Then out popped a great water rat who lived under the gutter tunnel.

" Have you a passport ? " asked the water rat.
" Hand it over at once. "

But the soldier kept quiet and held his musket tighter.

On rushed the boat, and the rat came right after it, gnashing his teeth as he called to the sticks and straws:
"Halt him ! Stop him ! He didn't pay his toll. He hasn't shown his passport. "

The current ran stronger and stronger.

Now the soldier could see daylight ahead where the board ended, but he also heard a roar that would frighten the bravest of mankind.

" Hold on ! Right at the end of that gutter tunnel the water poured into the great canal. It was as dangerous to him as a waterfall would be to us. "

(7/10)


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