ABSTRACT
She seized the soldier round the body with both her hands, and carried him into the room, where all were anxious to see the remarkable man, who had travelled about in the inside of a fish; but the tin soldier was not at all proud. They placed him on the table, and there-no, what curious things may happen in the world! The tin soldier was in the very room in which he had been before; he saw the same children, and the same toys stood on the table; and there was the pretty castle with the graceful little dancer. She was still balancing herself on one leg, and held the other extended in the air. She was hardy too. That moved the tin soldier; he was very nearly weeping tin tears, but that would not have been proper. He looked at her, but they said nothing to each other.
