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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Ο μονόποδος κασσιτέρινος στρατιώτης
The one-legged tin soldier
Greek
Μια φορά κι έναν καιρό υπήρχαν είκοσι πέντε κασσιτέρινοι στρατιώτες. Ήταν όλοι αδέρφια, αφού τους είχαν φτιάξει από το ίδιο παλιό κουτάλι, λιώνοντας τον κασσίτερό του. Φορούσαν όμορφες κόκκινες και μπλε στολές και κοιτούσαν ίσια μπροστά, με τα όπλα στον ώμο.
English translation
Once upon a time there were twenty-five tin soldiers. They were all brothers, since they had been made from the same old spoon, whose tin had been melted down. They wore handsome red and blue uniforms and looked straight ahead, with their guns on their shoulders.
Greek
Όταν άνοιξε το κουτί τους, ένα αγοράκι άρχισε να χτυπά τα χέρια του από χαρά.
English translation
When their box was opened, a little boy began clapping his hands with delight.
Greek
«Κασσιτέρινοι στρατιώτες!» φώναξε. Αυτές ήταν οι πρώτες λέξεις που άκουσαν στον κόσμο.
English translation
“Tin soldiers!” he cried. Those were the first words they heard in the world.
Greek
Ήταν το δώρο για τα γενέθλιά του και το αγόρι τους έστησε πάνω στο τραπέζι. Όλοι έμοιαζαν ακριβώς μεταξύ τους, εκτός από έναν: εκείνος είχε μόνο ένα πόδι. Τον είχαν φτιάξει τελευταίο και δεν είχε απομείνει αρκετός λιωμένος κασσίτερος για το δεύτερο πόδι του. Παρ’ όλα αυτά, στεκόταν σταθερά στο ένα του πόδι και ξεχώριζε ανάμεσα στους άλλους.
English translation
They were his birthday present, and the boy set them up on the table. They all looked exactly alike, except for one: he had only one leg. He had been made last, and there had not been enough melted tin left for his second leg. Even so, he stood firmly on his one leg and stood out among the others.
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