The Little Tin Soldier

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Here you'll find the reading of H.C. Andersen's classic \"The Tin Soldier\", part of a series of recording I made for young readers to help them with their first books. I have uploaded the complete story and you are most welcome to download it for free if you have small children around who might benefit from it.

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Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (England - South East - Oxford, Sussex) British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
The Tin Soldier by hands. Christian Anderson. One day a man went into a shop looking for a present for his son. I was going to celebrate his ninth birthday. There, in the shop window, he saw an army of tin soldiers, all of them more alike except for one that was missing a leg. After looking at other toys, he decided to buy the tin soldiers. I would like these soldiers. I'm sure my son will love them. The soldiers in the box that the shop clerk had prepared were very happy. They were curious to know who the new owner was going to be and what the new home would be like. After a long while, they heard Children's voices. The man had arrived home. Happy birthday is said to his son and he gave him the box. I'm sure you would like my present 10 soldiers, exclaimed the boy when he opened the present. Suddenly he saw that one was missing a leg. But since he could stand all right, he left him in with the rest. When the little soldier was alone, he looked around the room. He saw a cardboard castle near him. But oh, Who was that beautiful young lady? She was a beautiful ballerina with a white second Rose in her hair would danced gracefully on one leg. The Tin Soldier had never seen a young lady his size, and he did not know what he had to do in order to meet her. It's simply smiled at her with love in his eyes. Suddenly, a jack in the box sprang out on scared both of him. He was also in love with the ballerina aunt. He was upset at the Tin Soldier. He saw that his love was in peril and felt very jealous. The jack in the box was very unfriendly towards the Tin Soldier and waited for the right time to get revenge on him. That night, the little boy forgot his tin soldier on the window seat, but the little Tin soldier did not mind being left there. Looked at the moon inside, thinking about the beautiful ballerina. How could he win her love? The jack in the box saw that it was the right time for his revenge. His enemy was wrapped up in his thoughts and distracted and also in the right place. At a stroke of midnight, he sprang up a knocked a tin soldier out onto the street. As soon as the boy awoke, he remembered The Tin Soldier. When he saw that he was not on the window sill, he went down to the street to look for him. Even though he walked right past him, he was unable to find him because he was stuck in the mud. However, two boys who happened by did find him. They were very happy until they cleaned him and discovered that he was missing a leg. Too bad, said one of the boys. It's broken. We can't play with it, But he can still stand. The other boy said they began to laugh on, decided to make a paper boat full of Tin Soldier. They placed the tin soldier in the fragile boat and then put it in a stream that have been formed by the rain. Suddenly, the boat was dragged by the current towards an open sewer. There it continued to float in the filthy water with old shoes and banana peels and a lot of rubbish. You remembered his beloved ballerina, and he felt very sad. You would never see her again. Suddenly an enormous and very fierce looking rat appeared. Who are you and what are you doing here? This is my kingdom, and you have to pay at all. Threatened the rat. If you don't pay, it would be worse for you, rat. Try toe bite the Tin Soldier. But he was able to get after the Wayne time. Although the boat almost capsized, the rat slipped and fell into the murky water paper. Boat was soaked and was beginning to sink. The tin soldier suddenly heard the sound of thunder and felt very scared. Suddenly there were stay light, but the stream ended in a waterfall that, for a toy soldier, was a huge drop. The tin soldier permitted down. A poor tin soldier thought that his time had come. He sent out his last thoughts to his love, the beautiful ballerina. But before he sank into the bottom, Iwas swallowed whole by a large fish. He sadly closed his eyes and waited to the party's world, thinking only off the beautiful ballerina. Suddenly, everything began to shake and move from side to side. Something incredible was about to happen. The fish that had swallowed him had bitten a fisherman's hook and was jumping from side to side, trying to free itself. Finally, the fisherman was able to reel in the fish, and he immediately went to the market to sell it. Around mid morning, a housekeeper went to the fish market and, upon seeing such a fine specimen, bought it immediately. Our masters will be very happy if she prepared it for dinner at home. She went about the task of cleaning the fish. When she opened it up, she found the Tin Soldier inside. Why? This is the toy that had disappeared. The child would be so happy, she said as she went to the boy's room. The boy was so happy to be reunited with his toy, but his eyes lit up with joy. The Tin Soldier was also very happy to be with all of his friends. Thanks to his bravery, he had been able to save himself out of the corner of his eye. He could see that the beautiful ballerina was also very happy that he was back. Even the jack in the box. I felt ashamed for what he had done was glad to see him that night when the moon and the stars were shining bright in the sky. The toys at a welcome back party, The Tin Soldier delighted everybody with stories of his adventures. All of them listened with great interest in admiration for his bravery, especially the ballerina who felt very proud of him the next day. But Little Boys Patterns had a visit from some friends who also had a small child. Since it was so cold in the street, Little Boy proposed that they go to his room and play with his toys. The housekeeper let the chimney so that the room would be warm while the Children played, the small boy took the Tin Soldier and tossed it in the fire accidentally. How could a such a small boy be aware of the consequences of his actions? The Tin Soldier began to melt. Just then, a slug would have it. The jack in the box jumped out and accidentally knocked the ballerina into the fire as well. She landed right next to the poor tin soldier. The jack in the box was sad and felt terrible about what he had done. The tin soldier in a ballerina were wrapped in a loving embrace. They were not afraid to die. They felt very happy because they were together. Then they swore eternal love to each other almost without realizing that the fire was consuming them. The next morning, among the ashes, the housekeeper found a little tin heart. And next to it, a second white rose the end.