Literature. Part hundred fifteen.

                             "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann.

Once upon a time there were children. They had many different Christmas gifts. One of them was a nutcracker.

The girl Marie noticed the battle of the Nutcracker and other toys against the Mouse King. But no one believed her.

At the end, it turns out that the Nutcracker is an enchanted prince and Marie falls in love with him.

There are adaptations about this fairy tale.

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Literature. Part eighty.

                                     “The Swineherd” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a Prince. He had his own kingdom. But this Prince’s kingdom was very small.

He wanted to marry the Emperor’s daughter. Prince sent her a rose and nightingale as a gift. But the Princess wasn’t happy with them.

Then the Prince decided to become a swineherd and worked alongside the Princess. Also, he created a little kettle with bells. A melody was sung while cooking. The Prince gave this as a gift to the Princess and she liked it. The Princess loved artificial things.

She gave him ten kisses.

Later swineherd made a rattle. The Princess was glad again. He had hundred princess’s kisses.

At the end the Prince said that she didn’t understand the meaning of the real gifts and left her.

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Tales from childhood: Christmas holiday.

 It was a very important day for Sophie. She wanted to celebrate Christmas with her friends. 

Lara's stepmother decided to throw a party for children and their friends. She began to prepare for this event in advance. Sophie and Natalie were invited to this party.

In the morning, all the guests gathered in a cozy apartment. Santa Claus was guest, too. Children received gifts.

Little Sophie liked the way the apartment was decorated.

"I will remember this Christmas," Sophie said to Natalie.

"Me too," Natalie said.

Lara had a soft toy. She was happy in this day just like the other children.

Sophie remembered this Christmas with warmness.

This holiday was nice for children. Everyone was happy and contented.

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Tales from childhood: Our heroes!

Sophie felt the lights of a sun on her face. She woke up after a long sleep. Little Sophie thought about Victory Day.

It was a spring morning. Sophie went to school with red flowers. It was a gift for veterans.

“Give flowers to strange people! It’s strange!” a stupid boy said.

“These people gave a peace for us,” the teacher said.

Little Sophie and Johnny went to congratulate a veteran. This old woman worked in a school. She was short and her position was modest. But the veteran went through the whole war! She worked and fought.

“Congratulations!” the children said.

The school worker was very glad! It was important for her. She smiled.

During break time high school students cared for the veterans. Little Sophie and her classmates saw them in Assembly Hall.

Also, children told about their grandparents. Little Sophie was proud of her granny.

Next day Sophie visited a parade in her town.  She understood many serious things.

“I think that veterans accomplished a feat,” little Sophie said.

“Yes, it’s true,” Sophie’s mother said.

Tales from childhood: Teacher's birthday.

Sophie wanted to make a gift for her school teacher. She thought about it during for several days. At the end little Sophie decided to tell a long poem.

Next day the girl saw a lot of gifts for teacher. Chocolate sweets, bouet of flowers, cards, and even cosmetics. Suddenly Sophie became sad... but Johnny said that he will sing a son and dance for the teacher. Other two boys did it, too.

Little Sophie was sure about her gift. She told a long poem which they studied on language art lesson. Classmates and teacher cheered Sophie. Finally, teacher thanked her pupils for all the gifts.

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Tales from childhood: A real fairy tale.

Sophie wanted to celebrate New Year with her cousin Caroline and best friend Natalie. Adults give a permission for this holiday party.

All girls met at Natalie's apartment. She had a big room. So, at the New Year's Eve children made a lot of interesting things. Sophie remembered school Christmas performance and played a princess. Caroline was a queen, Natalie was a fairy.

In the evening they had a great dinner. It was very delicious!

Several hours later Caroline fell asleep on the sofa. But Sophie and Natalie waited until midnight. Children were very tired and fell asleep quickly.

In the morning girls woke up and found... gifts on the table and Christmas tree! Soft toys and beautiful clothes! Sophie thought that it was Santa Claus.

Children went home with their new things and their parents were very glad.

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Christmas.

Christmas is a very important holiday. On this day, many families around the world celebrate winter holiday. Children get gifts from Santa Claus, watch intersting movies and cartoons on TV, eat tasty food for example, ginger bread cookies.

At the end of December, a week before New Year, from 25th to 26th December many Christmas figures and symbols appear in shops.

If there are snow on the strret then it gives a holiday mood! Hot chocolate with marshmallow is one of the most popular beverages.