The Nutcracker and The Mouse King

Chapter 8 Poof! Marie felt herself falling from an immense height. What a jolt!Suddenly she opened her eyes and found herself laying in her little bed, and it was broad daylight. Her mother stood over her and said, “How can you sleep so long? Breakfast is ready!”You have probably realized, honoured listeners, that Marie, exhausted […]

Chapter 7 I believe every one of you children would have instantly followed the honest and good-natured Nutcracker, who never had an evil thought in his head. Marie was glad to follow him all the more because of her gratitude to him, and because she was convinced he would keep his word. So she said,

Chapter 6 Marie had to spend almost a whole week in bed because she became dizzy whenever she tried to get up. But at last she recovered and could run and play as merrily as before.The glass cabinet had been repaired as good as new and was again filled with trees, flowers, houses, and beautiful

Chapter 5 “Now you well know,” the judge told the children the next evening, “why the queen was keeping their beautiful princess so carefully guarded. How could she help but worry that Lady Mouserinks would return and make good on her threat to bite the princess to death? Drosselmeier’s contraptions were of no use against

Chapter 4 Pirlipat’s mother was the wife of the king and therefore the queen, and that made Pirlipat a princess from the very moment she was born. The king was beside himself with joy at the sight of his beautiful little daughter. He whooped and hollered and swiveled around on one leg and cried out

Chapter 3 “Strike the battle march, loyal vassal drummer!” Nutcracker shouted. The drummer beat his drum so furiously that the glass in the cabinet shook and reverberated the sound. A rattle and clatter came from within the cabinet, and Marie saw that the lids of the boxes where Fritz’s army was quartered had popped open.

Chapter 2 Marie had lingered near the Christmas table when the others had left because she had seen something nobody else seemed to have noticed. After Fritz had disengaged his hussars from parading about the tree, a splendid little man became visible. He stood there quietly and modestly, as if waiting his turn.His build left

Chapter 1 Doctor Stahlbaum had children named Fritz, Louise, Marie. It was Christmas Eve. But Fritz and Marie were not allowed into the family room, far from speaking the adjoining living room.Evening had come, and Fritz and Marie Stahlbaum sat huddled in a corner. As was usual on Christmas Eve, no-one had brought in a