He had been given arms too, but strong ones. They spread wide and the palms of his hands bore the weight of his body as he lurched from side to side.Narrator
There she stood as stiff and as immovable as himself. It was love at first sight.Narrator
I'll never sigh again, thought the tin soldier. I'll not shed a tear. Water rusts and I want to keep well oiled.Tin Soldier
He could see the little ones playing in the room; he could see the beautiful tree and the glittering gold paper of his sister's new dress.Narrator
Forward, march! Forward, march! He could hear the command and he moved. He did not know towards what or why, but he moved.Narrator
She's mine, he thought. However forbidding, however aloof she is, she is mine.Tin Soldier
I stand here, I who had been discarded and forgotten, I stand here beneath the star. It was a wish, wasn't it? Not a command, surely!Tin Soldier
There she is, the pledge of our love. I know that she hears me, my words of love and longing. There she is but, oh, so far.Tin Soldier
There he is, so close and yet so far. Oh, how she longed to be with him, to run across the room into his open, waiting arms.Ballarina
The Ballerina made a curtsey, and the Tin Soldier saluted in return. And though neither spoke, each knew that they were meant for each other.Narrator