In the fairy tale ‘’The Steadfast Tin Soldier’’ by Hans Christian Andersen, the central figures are a tin soldier – the last of a batch of 25 and made one-legged because the tin ran out – and a paper ...

Once there were twenty-five tin soldiers. They were all made out of the same tin kitchen spoon and were all alike – except for one. This soldier had only one leg. He was the last to be moulded and ...