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    little man was of the race of Nutcrackers , and that he followed the profession of his ancestors . Mary gave him more nuts , but little ones , that he might not have to open his mouth very wide , for that rather disfigured his countenance . Louisa took her turn , and the nutcracker lent his teeth with much ' good nature , always smiling pleasantly . Then came the turn of Frederick , After he had laughed very much at the personal appearance of the little man , he put into its mouth one of the largest nuts he could find : all at once was heard , crack ! crack !—three teeth

    fell out of the mouth of the nutcracker , and the lower jaw appeared empty and broken . * Oh 1 my poor nutcracker ! ' cried Mary , taking it away from Fred . ' Your nutcracker is a fool / said Fred ; * he knows nothing about his duty ; he hasn ' t good teeth . Give it to me again Mary 5 he shall crack

    my nuts or else break his jaw quite . ' ' No , no , ' said Mary , weeping , * you shan't have my dear nutcracker ! See how unhappy he looks with his little bruised mouth 1 You are a hard-hearted , wicked boy ; you beat your horses , and you shoot your soldiers . '

    * Well , so I am obliged to do ; you know nothing of military affairs . Give me the nutcracker , Mary ; it is as much mine as yours . ' Mary began crying bitterly , and wrapped up the nutcracker in her little pocket handkerchief . At the noise made , her father and mother came towards them , also godpapa Pivot , who took Frederick ' s part , to

    the great displeasure of Mary . The father said , ' I placed the nutcracker under the care of Mary , and , as I see she has taken a fancy to it , I give her full power over the little man ; as for Fred , I am astonished that he should wish to press into his service an invalid . As a good officer he ought to know that a wounded soldier should not figure in the ranks . '

    Frederick felt rather ashamed , and stole away to the table where lay his hussars under arms , after having advanced their videttes . Mary tried to replace the teeth of the nutcracker , tied his jaws up with a bit of pretty white riband , and rocked him gently in her arms . Godpapa Pivot mocked her very much on the ugliness of her favourite , but she answered him : ' I wonder , dear godpapa , if you would look as well if you had such a coat and boots . '

    Mary could not understand why her papa and mamma laughed at what she said ; nor why the commissioner looked quite put out . I dare say they had their reasons .

    Chapter III . —Wonders * In that back drawing-room , at Dr . Smallhorse s , on the left , as you go in , may be seen a lofty cabinet , with glass doors . The children used it to preserve the fine presents which were given to them yearly . Dr . S .

    had it made by a skilful workman when Louisa was young ; the fine clear panes of glass in front made every thing appear very brilliant . On the top division , which Mary and Fred could not reach , might be seen the wonderful things made by godpapa Pivot . Underneath was the shelf for picture books , and beneath that were two shelves , which Mary and Fred might use for their own will and pleasure . In this way it came about that Mary used the lowest shelf to lodge her dolls , and that Frederick used the one above to quarter his troops in .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1835, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2641/page/12/