The Complete Fairy Tales & Other Stories
By Hans Christian Andersen - online book
Oxford Complete Illustrated Edition all his stories written between 1835 and 1872.
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THE HARDY TIN SOLDIER 129
the tin soldier was placed in the window ; and whether it was the goblin or the draught that did it, all at once the window flew open, and the soldier fell head over heels out of the third story. That was a terrible passage ! He put his leg straight up, and stuck with his helmet downwards and his bayonet between the paving-stones. |
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The servant-maid and the little boy came down directly to look for him, but though they almost trod upon him they could not see him. If the soldier had cried out ' Here I am ! ' they would have found him ; but he did not think it fitting to call out loudly, because he was in uniform.
Now it began to rain ; the drops soon fell thicker, and at last it came down in a complete stream. When the rain was past, two street boys came by.
ANDERSEN J? |
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