XXVIII SIX DAYS
XXIX "HE CAME TO THE WARS!"




ILLUSTRATIONS


"I shall come back for more" . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"I haven't anything left--for you"

"If anything should happen, you will remember?"

"These are my jewels"




BOOK ONE

ON THE SHELF

"I cannot bear it," the Tin Soldier said, standing on the shelf, "I
cannot bear it. It is so melancholy here. Let me rather go to the
wars and lose my arms and legs."

HANS ANDERSEN: The Old House.