Listen, children: now the fairy tale about the Nutcracker and the Mouse King will begin. This fairy tale was written in German by the famous German writer Hoffmann, and I will retell it to you in Russian. There is even special music for this fairy tale; It was composed for piano by the German composer Reinecke. If mom and dad want, they will buy you all this music for two or four hands, a whole large notebook. Now sit down and sit still. A fairy tale begins...