Hoffmann's tales are known all over the world, because his inexhaustible imagination captivated all readers. The most popular of these is the Nutcracker story. The main events take place on Christmas Eve, the plot unfolds around the fabulous transformation of an ordinary toy into a brilliant gentleman. The team of Literaguru will tell the rest of the details in a brief retelling.
(489 words) December 24th. Fritz and Marie are waiting for them to be allowed to go to the Christmas table, wondering what their godfather Drosselmeyer made them. He is a master and watchmaker. The bell sounds and the doors to the tree open. Children are delighted with the Christmas tree decorated with food and toys. They consider gifts and wait for a surprise from the godfather. He gives them a mechanical lock with moving figures. But Fritz will not like that nothing can be changed inside. Drosselmeyer wants to pick up the gift, but his mother persuades him not to be angry. Marie notices a clumsy and clumsy Nutcracker, like a godfather. She takes it to take care, but this is a common gift for children. Fritz breaks his teeth and jaw with nuts.
The children laugh, but the father gives the toy to Marie. She takes offense at the godmother, since he did not take her side, although he himself is even worse than the Nutcracker. Toys are put in a glass cabinet, young heroes are sent to sleep. But Marie asks her mom to play another half hour.
Apologizing to the Nutcracker, she sees him come to life. She feels that the godfather is sitting on the watch and laughing at her.
An army of mice with the king appears. All the toys come to life and the Nutcracker, for the sake of the Klerchen doll, leads them into battle. Toys lose to the mice, and Marie in despair throws a shoe at them, fainting. Waking up, the girl finds out that she played late yesterday and, frightened by the mouse, broke the closet, injuring herself. She is in bed for several days. The godfather comes, who hints to Marie that he really was at night. And brings the corrected Nutcracker, telling the children a fairy tale. He is talking about Princess Pirlipat, the most beautiful girl whose birth everyone was happy about. Only her mother was sad and ordered her daughter to be watched tirelessly by six nannies with cats. This happened because of the Myshilda, who lived before them. When the queen was preparing sausage for a feast, the mouse and relatives ate almost all the lard, and the sausages failed. The king angrily asked Drosselmeyer to make mousetraps. Almost all the mice died, and Myshilda vowed revenge.
Once all the nannies fell asleep, and the mouse enchanted the girl. The king ordered Drosselmeyer to restore her beauty. He could not and turned to the astrologer. The stars gave them an answer.
The princess should eat the kernel of the Krakatuk nut, which the young man will gnaw and, squinting, will bring it up, moving away by seven steps. The king sent both specialists to look for a nut and a young man. They wandered for 15 years.
Once they came to Nuremberg, to the cousin of Drosselmeyer - Christopher Zacharius. They found a nut from him. And his son was thus a youth.
He did everything right, but stumbled over Myshilda and became the Nutcracker. They kicked him out and killed the mouse. Marie tells everyone about the battle, and the godfather warns her that only she can save the enchanted boy. For several nights, the mouse king demands from Marie her things for the Nutcracker. She tells everything to Fritz, who is unhappy with the behavior of his soldiers. He gives the sword to the Nutcracker. The war is won and together they go to the Puppet kingdom. The hero shows Marie different cities and roads, telling about everything. At the castle, four princesses meet them and thank the guest for saving her brother. He talks about the battle, and the girl falls asleep.
No one believes Marie's stories after waking up. But one day Drosselmeyer’s nephew arrives. After a year, they get married and leave for the Puppet kingdom.
