Nutcracker and the Mouse King

  Updated 2026-07-30

Stofraktafrutrigid e roi ot ratmulti Mikro

per E.T.A. Hoffman

Germani, 1918

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During the long, long day of the twenty-fourth of December, the children of Doctor Stahlbaum were not permitted to enter the parlor, much less the adjoining drawing-room. Frederic and Maria sat nestled together in a corner of the back chamber... Not long ago also he had seen a little dark man, with a large chest under his arm, gliding softly through the entry, but he knew very well that it was nobody but Godfather Drosselmeier.

Intem jur bidekakuadri longa, longa ot Lunadekabi, bi infan ot andromedisin Stalbom let ne paso in samberkursi. Frederik e Maria kursi uni telene omone in gon ot samber poste. Abe tem mikro, Fred optik pas andro mikro e fotone kon konten maga sub uni brak, na paso fonone dia portikin, e ili kones pas ben tele, ili es pateratesta Droslmer.

Counsellor Drosselmeier was not a very handsome man; he was small and thin, had many wrinkles in his face, over his right eye he had a large black patch... The Godfather himself was very ingenious also, he understood all about clocks and watches... 

Androkomite Droslmer es pas ne andro bel tele; ili es mikro e pakine, e abe kurba multi a fas, e abe pas partibesti maga e negro a optik destra. Pateratesta es plus tekni tele; ili kones tuta per masintemmulti.

When Christmas Eve came, he had always a beautiful piece of work prepared for them, which had cost him a great deal of trouble...

Temkia noktu ante Jurkristo ariba, ili prepara pas jurtuta ergo bel, ili prepara pas pro ilis, na kaus fasilne maga tele a iliauto.

At this moment a shrill sound broke upon their ears—kling, ling—kling, ling—the doors flew wide open, and such a dazzling light broke out from the great chamber... Papa and Mamma stepped to the door, took them by the hand, and said, "Come, come, dear children, and see what Christmas has brought you this year."

Minut na, fono leban es pas oto espekne a oto ilis - "kling-ling, kling-ling". Bi portik es bali ober tele, e foto maga komen pas eks samber maga. Pater e mater paso a portik, pris pas ilis per mani e logo: "Aribe, aribe, bi infan balorben, e optik na, Jurkristo porta a nis anu dis!'

2

A tall Fir tree stood in the middle of the room, covered with gold and silver apples, while sugar almonds, comfits, lemon drops, and every kind of confectionery, hung like buds and blossoms upon all its branches.

Arborkoni leban es pas surpod a medi ot samber, na es kober per frut metalau e metalarg, intem amon sukar, gutasukarlimon, e tipi tuta ot stofsukar multi pende omo flor sur ramo tuta.

​The table under the tree shone and flushed with a thousand different colors... Maria spied the prettiest dolls... a silk dress tastefully ornamented with gay ribbons...

Mensa sub arbor foto e faktokuren pas per mil krom omone. Maria optik pas infanginerekremulti bel tele, e besti, na es bel per stoflonga beni.

In the meanwhile Fred had been galloping round and round the room, trying his new bay horse... He then reviewed his new regiment of hussars, who were very elegantly arrayed in red and gold, and carried silver weapons, and rode upon ​such bright shining horses...

Intem na, Fred kuren pas peri e peri samber, intem proba iporekre santo neo. Poste na, ili esamin pas grupbatal ot androiporekremulti, na porta besti ben tele ot krom ruj e metalau, e porta stofarme ot krom metalarg, e kursi sur ipo leuko foto.

Kling, ling, kling, ling—the bell was heard again. They knew that Godfather Drosselmeier was now about to display his Christmas gift...

"Kling-ling, kling-ling" - stoffono es pas oto neo. Ilis kones pas, na pateratesta Droslmer presen futur belo stofdon jurkristo.

Upon a green meadow, spangled with flowers, stood a noble castle, with clear glass windows and golden turrets. A musical clock began to play, when the doors and windows ​flew open, and little men and women, with feathers in their hats, and long flowing trains, were seen sauntering about in the rooms... A man in an emerald-green cloak, at intervals put his head out of the window, nodded, and then disappeared; and Godfather Drosselmeier himself, only that he was not much bigger than Papa's thumb, came now and then to the door of the castle, looked about him, and then went in again. Fred... said, "Godfather Drosselmeier, let me go into your castle."

Sur geoerbi berdi, na es misa per flormulti, es pas dommaga pluto kon portiklatera kristal e ture multi ot metalau. Masintem musik komen pas fono, temkia portik e portiklatera tuta ober pas belo, temkia andro e gine multi mikro kon kapilaorni in bestisefal es optik e kon bestikober longa e bel, intem paso in sambermulti. Andro in bestikober berdi foto, plas sefal dia portiklatera ot tem a tem, fakto signa per sefal, e poste na, ekspresen pas; e pateratesta Droslmer iliauto, na es ne tak maga je daktil ot pater, optik peri iliauto, e poste na, pasoin. Fred logo: "Pateratesta Droslmer, let na mi paso in dommaga ot ni!"

The Counsellor gave him to understand that that could not be done. And he was right, for it was foolish in Fred to wish to go into a castle, ​which with all its golden turrets was not as high as his head.

Androkomite don pas pro kones, na na inergo ne es fakto. E ili es pas korek, akaus es mania in Fred pro desir paso in dommaga, na kon ture tuta ot metalau es ne leban tak je sefal ili.

"So———o," cried Fred, in a drawling tone... "If your little dressed up figures in the castle there, can do nothing else but always the same thing, they are not good for much, and I care very little about them. No, give me my hussars, who can manœuvre backward and forward, as I order them, and are not shut up in a house."

Fred logo belone: "Ta———k. Si antroprekre bel mikro ot ni in dommaga na inergo akto nul plus, sed temtuta aktore omo, ilis es ben pro nul, e mi atentif mikro peri ilis. Ne, don a mi androipomulti mi, na inergo paso a poste e ante, omo mi deman a ilis, e es ne klos in dom!"

Counsellor Drosselmeier turned to the parents, and said, somewhat angrily, "An ingenious work like this was not made for stupid children. I will put up my ​castle again, and carry it home." But their mother now stepped forward, and desired to see the secret mechanism and curious works by which the little figures were set in motion... He became good-natured once more... At her mother's request, the elder sister, Louise, had put on the new dress which had been given to her, and she looked most charmingly in it, but Maria, when it came to her turn, thought she would like to look at hers a while longer...

Androkomite Droslmer turni pas a bi pamater, e logo nerfo mikro: "Ergo konesben, omo dis, es ne fakto pro infanmulti mania. Mi fisanere dommaga mi, e porta futur ili a dom mi." Sed mater pasoante, e desir pas optik masin sekret e stofergo desirkones, per na antroprekre mikro es sine. Droslmer esaribere ot natur ben. Per deman ot mater, fratergine paleo plus, Luisa, porta pas besti neo, na es pas don a ili, e ili es optik tauma tele in ili, sed Maria, temkia es tem ot iliauto, ide pas, na ili desir optik simple ili intem temna.