My favorite of all of the part A readings for Hans Christian
Andersen was the story about the Brave Tin Soldier. At first, the little
soldier is taken out of his box along with his twenty-four identical brothers.
All of them have two legs except for the brave little soldier who is the main
character in the story. When he is taken out of his box he lays eyes on a
beautiful castle. All of the soldiers marveled at the castle which had a
spectacular lake with swans swimming around on it. The brave little soldier saw
something even more beautiful – the dancer standing in the door of the castle
holding a cute little dance pose. His breath was taken away, and he couldn’t
help but stare. When night came, the little boy who played with all the toys
left, and the toys had their own fun. Sometime in the night, a goblin told the
brave little soldier not to wish for what wasn’t his. The soldier dismissed the
goblin because he wanted the girl! The next morning, the boy put the brave
soldier in the window sill. Somehow the window opened and the soldier fell out.
After a few days, the boys found the soldier and made him a paper boat. They
sent him down a stream in their yard with his little boat. He was terrified because
the waves were huge. Somehow he ended up in the sewer, and a mean rat was
chasing him. Fortunately, he escaped, but it was all in vain. He came to a dead
end and the water started flooding in. His boat was sinking, and so was he.
Eventually it became too much and he started to drown when a fish came and
gobbled him up! It was dark inside the fish, and it sure did move a lot, but
one day it stopped. Another day later, the fish was cut open and the soldier
could see the sun again! The lady who fileted the fish said, “Hey it’s the little
tin soldier!” Next thing he knew, he was back on the table that where he first
saw the dancer, and she was still there holding her cute little pose. In a
sudden change of events, the soldier was snatched from the table and thrown
onto the stove. The poor soldier was starting to melt, but he didn’t care
because he could see the little dancer. Then the door to the home flew open and
a gust of air came inside. The little paper dancer fluttered up with the wind
and landed on the stove next to the soldier and they melted happily ever after.
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