When it was morning , and the children had got up , the Tin-soldier was put in the window ; and whether it was the wind or the little black imp , I do n't know , but all at once the window flew open and out fell the little Tin-soldier , head over heels , from the third-storey window ! That was a terrible fall , I can tell you ! He landed on his head with his leg in the air , his gun being wedged between two paving-stones . The nursery-maid and the little boy came down at once to look for him , but , though they were so near him that they almost trod on him , they did not notice him . If the Tin-soldier had only called out ` Here I am ! ' they must have found him ; but he did not think it fitting for him to cry out , because he had on his uniform . Soon it began to drizzle ; then the drops came faster , and there was a regular down-pour . When it was over , two little street boys came along . ` Just look ! ' cried one . ` Here is a Tin-soldier ! He shall sail up and down in a boat ! ' So they made a little boat out of newspaper , put the Tin-soldier in it , and made him sail up and down the gutter ; both the boys ran along beside him , clapping their hands . What great waves there were in the gutter , and what a swift current ! The paper-boat tossed up and down , and in the middle of the stream it went so quick that the Tin-soldier trembled ; but he remained steadfast , showed no emotion , looked straight in front of him , shouldering his gun . All at once the boat passed under a long tunnel that was as dark as his box had been . ` Where can I be coming now ? ' he wondered . ` Oh , dear ! This is the black imp 's fault !
Ah , if only the little lady were sitting beside me in the boat , it might be twice as dark XXXXX all I should care ! '
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