Hans Christian Andersen - The hardy tin soldier (Soldatelul de plumb)

Hans Christian Andersen - The hardy tin soldier (Soldatelul de plumb)

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 "Tin soldiers!" These words were uttered by a little boy, clapping his hands: the 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.

Au fost odata douazecisicinci de soldati de plumb, cu totii frati, pentru ca fusesera cu totii turnati din aceeasi veche lingura de plumb. Ei tineau arma la umar, privind drept inainte si erau imbracati intr-o minunata uniforma de culoare rosie-albastra. Primele cuvinte pe care le-au auzit pe lumea aceasta, dupa ce s-a ridicat capacul cutiei in care erau asezati, au fost: "Soldati de plumb!" Aceste cuvinte le-a rostit un baietel, care, vazandu-i, batea din palme de bucurie. El ii primise in dar de ziua lui, iar acum ii asezase pe o masa in ordine de batalie.
Tofi soldatii semanau intre ei pana in cele mai mici amanunte, afara de unul singur: acesta nu avea decat un singur picior, fiindca fusese turnat cel din urma, iar plumbul nu mai ajunsese. Cu toate acestea, statea intr-un singur picior cum stateau ceilalti pe doua si, dintre toti, tocmai el urma sa aiba o soarta deosebita, datorita unei imprejurari ce merita a fi povestita.
Pe masa pe care au fost insirati soldatii de plumb se aflau multe alte jucarii, dar cea mai minunata dintre toate era un castel de carton, prin ferestrele caruia puteai zari, in interior, salile frumos mobilate.
In fata castelului se inaltau cativa copacei, asezati langa o oglinda de cristal care trebuia sa tina loc de lac si pe care pluteau cateva lebede de ceara. Toate acestea erau pline de farmec, dar si mai fermecatoare era o fetita care statea in poarta larg deschisa a castelului. Fetita fusese croita tot din carton, dar era imbracata cu o rochie din matasea cea mai fina si, o panglica ingusta, din matase albastra, ii inconjura gatul, iar pe umeri purta o esarfa roz; parul li era impodobit cu o stea stralucitoare. Plina de gratie, isi ridica mainile spre cer si, pentru ca era dansatoare, isi inaltase si un picior, dar il tinea atat de sus incat soldatul de plumb nu-l vedea, ceea ce-l facu sa-si inchipuie ca nici fetita nu are decat un singur picior.
- Cred ca fata aceasta mi se potriveste de sotie, se gandi el. Dar e prea de neam mare pentru mine. Isi duce viata intr-un castel, pe cata vreme eu nu am ca adapost decat o cutie pe care mai trebuie sa o impart cu alti douazecisipatru de soldati; cutia aceasta, daca ma insor, nu poate fi o locuinta pentru ea! Totusi, vreau sa incerc sa o cunosc!

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