. What happened then stories . trees, also a little lake onwhich were swans made of wax. Of coursethe lake was only a looking-glass with itsedges buried in sand ; however, this made nodifference. But the prettiest thing of all was 79 THE BRA VE TIN SOLDIER a little lady who stood outside the open gateof the castle. She was made of cardboard,too, but her dress made you forget this was made of the finest gauze, and a narrowblue ribbon was thrown over her shoulderslike a scarf, and on her breast was a shiningtinsel rose. Although this beautiful ladywas a dancer, she held one of her feet s
. What happened then stories . trees, also a little lake onwhich were swans made of wax. Of coursethe lake was only a looking-glass with itsedges buried in sand ; however, this made nodifference. But the prettiest thing of all was 79 THE BRA VE TIN SOLDIER a little lady who stood outside the open gateof the castle. She was made of cardboard,too, but her dress made you forget this was made of the finest gauze, and a narrowblue ribbon was thrown over her shoulderslike a scarf, and on her breast was a shiningtinsel rose. Although this beautiful ladywas a dancer, she held one of her feet sodaintily under the pretty gauze dress that thetin soldier could not see it. This made himthink that she had only one leg like himself. I feel very tenderly towards that littlelady, he thought, but she is far too goodfor me. She lives in a grand castle, while Ihave only a box which I must share withtwo dozen others. I fear I could never makeher happy, but I must try to know herbetter. Then he found a safe spot behind a vase 80. The toy that the little boy liked next to the tin soldiers was a splendidcardboard castle.—Page 79. WHAT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED where he could watch this dainty little lady,who seemed never to tire of dancing. When night came, the little boy put thetwenty-four soldiers in the box, but he didnot miss the soldier with the one leg and lefthim behind the vase from where he couldstill watch the beautiful dancer. After all the people in the house had goneto bed and the room was perfectly quiet, thetoys began to play. They played war, tag, and hide-and-seek. The tin sol-diers would have liked very much to join inthe fun, but the lid had been put on the boxso tight that they could not push it off. Butthey pushed and struggled under the coveruntil the toy bear felt sure that they, too,were playing war. The drumsticks danced with the ruler, andthe rocking-horse took the toy bear for a joy- 81 THE BRA VE TIN SOLDIER ride. The only two who did not stir fromtheir pla
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