No one believed her story about the night incident. When the girl woke up glass cabinet was broken. Dolls surrendered under the onslaught of mice, and when the Mouse King has slumped to the Nutcracker, Marie threw her shoe at him. Marie, placing her ward with all the conveniences, became a witness of the Battle of seven-headed Mouse King and the army led by the Nutcracker doll. At night children removed toys in the glass cabinet. Fritz quickly broke the couple of Nutcracker’s teeth in an attempt to split the hard nuts, and thus Marie began to take care of it. Ugly doll seemed for the girl very pleasant. When all the presents were sorted out, Marie saw the Nutcracker. The godfather did a wonderful castle, but dancing dolls performed the same movement, and to get inside the castle was impossible, so the miracle of technology quickly became boring - only the mother got interested in a complex mechanism. In the evening children admired the beauty-Christmas tree, near and on which were gifts: a new doll dress, hussars, etc. Marie dreams about the garden and a lake with swans, and Fritz says that he likes their parents’ gifts more, because he can play with them (godfather’s toys are usually kept away from children so that they do not break them), and godfather cannot make the whole garden.

Everyone is preparing for Christmas, and the children - Fritz and Marie – are wondering what will this time they get for a present from an inventor and godfather, senior adviser to the court Drosselmeyer, who often repairs clocks in the Stahlbaum’s house. It is December 24, the house of Stahlbaum. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collecti on to build your digital library.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms.

Though the ballet was not immediately a success, it has become immensely popular since the late 1960s and is performed every year during the holidays by ballet companies around the world. It has been adapted numerous times, most notably for the ballet scored by Pyotr Ilyich Tchikovsky in 1892. Hoffman’s timeless and whimsical tale has become a Christmas classic since it was first published in 1816. Under the cover of darkness, the Nutcracker comes to life, along with an evil Mouse King with seven heads, introducing Marie to the magical world of toys, and the brave Nutcracker who will change her life forever.Į. On Christmas Eve, Marie finds a Nutcracker doll among the family’s gifts and is charged by her parents to take special care of it.

The nutcracker by eta hoffmann