Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 · London : G. Bell · leaf 433
- THE OLD HOUSE. 375 Beif. There was something sharp and pointed among thesoft mould. It was—only think! —it was the Tin-soldier, the verysame one which the old gentleman had lost, and which, afterbeing tumbled and tossed about hither and thither, had nowlain for many years quietly in the earth.… … Let me look at him, said the young man, and he smiledand shook his head. No, it cannot possibly be the verysame Tin-soldier, but it reminds me so of one that I hadwhen I was a little boy. And then he told his wife aboutthe Old House, and the old gentleman, and the Tin-soldierthat he had given him,…
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