On his birthday, the boy received a set of twenty-
five tin soldiers. But one was different, he missed the leg. The tin soldier was placed on the table, next to the castle of paper with paper figures, among which was the toy ballerina with raised foot. Her leg was as much raised in the air that the tin soldier was not immediately noticed, and thought that she has no legs. And so the tin soldier fell in love with her. When night fell, when everyone was asleep, toys came alive. Devil in a box for cigarettes saw the lead soldier looks at a ballerina, and forbade him to look at her, but the tin soldier ignored. Devil he therefore threatened him saying, "wait for the next day." The next day, tin soldier was placed near open windows through which he soon fell into the street. She found him two boys, and let down the drain in paper boat. Paper Boat is sinking, and he feared for his life, but as a soldier he continued to stand still without moving out. The ship is sinking and it soon swallowed fish. Miraculously, the fish is soon caught and sold the same house where he was. The cook found him in the stomach while cleaning fish, and the soldier soon was back with his beloved ballerina. Boy unhappy with the lack of soldiers throwing lead soldiers into the fire, and with it quickly, and ballerina. The story ends so that the next day when the maid cleaning the ashes found two small heart, apparently associated ballerina and lead soldier.