The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Interesting Facts

• The story begins with the tin soldiers being cast from an old tin spoon, but one of them ends up with only one leg because there wasn't enough tin.
• The main character, the steadfast tin soldier, falls in love with a paper dancer who stands on one leg, just like him.
• The soldier goes through many trials, including falling out of a window, sailing in a paper boat down a gutter, and encountering a rat.
• At the end of the story, the soldier and the dancer perish in the fire, but from the ashes remains a small tin heart.