A wind blows the ballerina into the fire with him she is consumed by it. Inexplicably, the boy throws the tin soldier into the fire, which is most likely the work of the jack-in-the-box goblin. When this fish is caught and cut open, the tin soldier finds himself once again on the table top before the ballerina. Sailing on, the boat is washed into a canal, where the tin soldier is swallowed by a fish. The boat and its passenger wash into a storm drain, where a rat demands the soldier pay a toll. Two boys find the soldier, place him in a paper boat, and set him sailing in the gutter. The next day, the soldier falls from a windowsill (presumably the work of the goblin) and lands in the street. That night, a goblin among the toys in the form of a jack-in-the-box, who also loves the ballerina, angrily warns the soldier to take his eyes off her, but the soldier ignores him. She, too, is standing on one leg, and the soldier falls in love. Nearby, the soldier spies a pretty paper ballerina with a spangle on her sash. One soldier stands on a single leg because, as he was the last one cast, there was not enough metal to make him whole. On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 toy soldiers all cast from one old tin spoon and arrays them on a table top. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" has been adapted to various media including ballet and animated film. The tale was Andersen's first not based upon a folk tale or a literary model. The booklet consists of Andersen's "The Daisy" and " The Wild Swans". Reitzel on 2 October 1838 in the first booklet of Fairy Tales Told for Children. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. " The Steadfast Tin Soldier" ( Danish: Den standhaftige tinsoldat) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. First Booklet ( Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Short story by Hans Christian Andersen The Steadfast Tin Soldierįairy Tales Told for Children.
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