Hans Christian Andersen: "Dia memandang gadis kecil itu, dan dia menat...

"Dia memandang gadis kecil itu, dan dia menatapnya; dan dia merasa sedang meleleh, tetapi dia masih berhasil menjaga dirinya tetap tegak, memanggul senjatanya dengan berani. Sebuah pintu tiba-tiba dibuka, angin itu menangkap penari kecil itu dan dia berkibar seperti sylph, langsung ke api, ke prajurit, menyala dan pergi! Pada saat itu prajurit itu menjadi benjolan belaka, dan ketika pelayan mengambil abu keesokan paginya dia menemukannya, dalam bentuk hati timah kecil. Yang tersisa dari penari adalah kida-kida, dan yang dibakar hitam seperti batu bara."

--- Hans Christian Andersen

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep himself erect, shouldering his gun bravely. A door was suddenly opened, the draught caught the little dancer and she fluttered like a sylph, straight into the fire, to the soldier, blazed up and was gone! By this time the soldier was reduced to a mere lump, and when the maid took away the ashes next morning she found him, in the shape of a small tin heart. All that was left of the dancer was her spangle, and that was burnt as black as a coal.