The yellow fairy book . e boys tookup the Tin-soldier, and threw him intothe stove, giving no reasons; but doubt-less the little black imp in the snuff-boxwas at the bottom of this too. There the Tin-soldier lay, and feit aheat that was truly terrible ; but whetherhe was suffering from actual fire, or fromthe ardour of his passion, he did notknow. All his colour had disappeared;whether this had happened on his travelsor whether it was the result of trouble,who can say? He looked at the littlelady, she looked at him, and he felt thathe was melting; but he remained stead-fast, with his gun at hi
The yellow fairy book . e boys tookup the Tin-soldier, and threw him intothe stove, giving no reasons; but doubt-less the little black imp in the snuff-boxwas at the bottom of this too. There the Tin-soldier lay, and feit aheat that was truly terrible ; but whetherhe was suffering from actual fire, or fromthe ardour of his passion, he did notknow. All his colour had disappeared;whether this had happened on his travelsor whether it was the result of trouble,who can say? He looked at the littlelady, she looked at him, and he felt thathe was melting; but he remained stead-fast, with his gun at his shoulder. Suddenly a door opened, thedraught caught up the little Dancer, and off she flew like a sylphto the Tin-soldier in the stove, burst into flames—and that was theend of her ! Then the Tin-soldier melted down into a little lump,and when next morning the maid was taking out the ashes, shefound him in the shape of a heart. There was nothing left of thelittle Dancer but her gilt rose, burnt as black as a 313 BLOCKHEAD-HANS FAR away in the country lay an old manor-house where lived anold squire who had two sons. They thought themselves soclever, that if they had known only half of what they did know, itwould have been quite enough. They both wanted to marry theKings daughter, for she had proclaimed that she would have forher husband the man who knew best how to choose his words. Both prepared for the wooing a whole week, which was thelongest time allowed them ; but, after all, it was quite long enough,for they both had preparatory knowledge, and everyone knows howuseful that is. One knew the whole Latin dictionary and also threeyears issue of the daily paper of the town off by heart, so that hecould repeat it all backwards or forwards as you pleased. The otherhad worked at the laws of corporation, and knew by heart whatevery member of the corporation ought to know, so that lie thoughthe could quite well speak on State matters and give his understood,
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