小学英语 英语故事(童话故事)The Hardy Tin Soldier 坚定的锡兵

2021年1月26日发(作者：绝对力量)
The
Hardy
Tin
Soldier
坚定的锡兵

THERE
were
once
five-and-twenty
tin
soldiers;
they
were
all
brothers,
for
they
had
all
been
born
of
one
old
tin
spoon.
They
shouldered
their
muskets,
and
looked
straight
before
them;
their
uniform
was
red
and
blue,
and
very
splendid.
The
first
thing
they
had heard in the world, when the lid was taken off their box, had been the words

soldiers had been given to him, for it was his birthday; and now he put them upon
the table. Each soldier was exactly like the rest; but one of them had been cast
last
of
all,
and
there
had
not
been
enough
tin
to
finish
him;
but
he
stood
as
firmly
upon
his
one
leg
as
the
others
on
their
two;
and
it
was
just
this
Soldier
who
became
remarkable.
On
the
table
on
which
they
had
been
placed
stood
many
other
playthings,
but
the
toy
that attracted most attention was a neat castle of cardboard. Through the little
windows one could see straight into the hall. Before the castle some little trees
were placed round a little
looking-glass,
which was to represent a clear
lake. Waxen swans
swam
on this lake,
and were mirrored in it. This was all very pretty; but the prettiest of all was a
little
lady,
who
stood
at
the
open
door
of
the
castle;
she
was
also
cut
out
in
paper,
but
she
had
a
dress
of
the
clearest
gauze,
and
a
little
narrow
blue
ribbon
over
her
shoulders,
that
looked
like
a
scarf;
and
in
the
middle
of
this
ribbon
was
a
shining
tinsel rose as big as her whole face. The little lady
stretched out both her arms, for she was a dancer; and then she lifted one leg so
high that the Tin Soldier could not see it at all, and thought that, like himself,
she had but one leg.

a castle, and I have only a box, and there are five-and-twenty of us in that. It
is no place for her. But I must try to make acquaintance with her.
And
then
he
lay
down
at
full
length
behind
a
snuff-box
which
was
on
the
table;
there
he could easily watch the little dainty lady, who continued to stand upon one leg
without losing her balance.
When the evening came all the other tin soldiers were put into their box, and the
people in the house went to bed. Now the toys began to play at

to
join,
but
could
not
lift
the
lid.
The
nutcracker
threw
somersaults,
and
the
pencil
amused itself on the table: there was so much noise that the canary woke up, and
began
to
speak
too,
and
even
in
verse.
The
only
two
who
did
not
stir
from
their
places
were the Tin Soldier and the Dancing Lady: she stood straight up on the point of
one of her toes, and stretched out both her arms; and he was
just as enduring on his one leg; and he never turned his eyes away from her.
Now
the
clock
struck
twelve--and,
bounce!
the
lid
flew
off
the
snuff-box;
but
there
was no snuff in it, but a little black Goblin: you see, it was a trick.

But the Tin Soldier pretended not to hear him.