Tin soldiers! That was the first thing the brothers heard when the box in which the soldiers were lying had been opened. The little boy cried this out and clapped his hands. The soldiers had been given to him on his birthday. And he immediately began to arrange them on the table. The tin soldiers resembled each other like two drops of water, and only one was different from his brothers: he had only one leg. He was the last to cast and there was not enough tin left. However, he stood on one leg as hard as the other ones on their two. And it was he who turned out to stand off.