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Den standhaftige Tinsoldat /The Brave Soldier HCA Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 8/27/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Udlagt i forbindelse med Copen Adventure 2023

I cachen: Logbog, blyant og  Stempel som ikke må fjernes.

Puslespil med 90 brikker.

https://www.jigidi.com/created.php?id=P05CFHW2

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Den standhaftige Tinsoldat må gå gennem mange prøvelser, som er symboliseret ved elementerne:

Jord 

Den ene soldat lignede nøjagtigt hinanden, kun en eneste var lidt forskellig, han havde kun ét ben, for han var blevet støbt til sidst, og så var der ikke nok tin. Dog sted han lige så fast som de andre, og det var lige ham, som bliver mærkværdig.

Blandt det andet legetøj stod en nydelig lille jomfru i den åbne slotsdør. Hun var klippet i papir og havde et skørt af det klareste silke, og et lille smalt blåt bånd over skulderen. Midt i sad en skinnende paillet. Hun løfted sit ene ben så højt i vejret, at soldaten troede, at hun kun havde ét ben ligesom han. Han gemte sig bag en dåse.

Da det blev aften kom alle tinsoldaterne i deres æske. Nu begyndte legetøjet at lege: Komme fremmede, føre krig og holde bal.

Nu slog klokken 12 og klask, der sprang låget af dåsen, og en lille sort trold sprang op.

Luft

Da det blev morgen, blev tinsoldaten stillet i vinduet. Om det var trolden eller en trækvind, lige med ét fløj vinduet op og soldaten fløj ud på hovedet fra tredie sal med en skrækkelig fart. Han vendte benet lige i vejret og blev stående på på hovedet med bajonetten nede imellem brostenene.

Vand 

Nu begyndte det at regne, den ene dråbe efter hinandnen, så det blev en ordentlig skylle. Da den var forbi, kom der to gadedrenge. ”Der ligger en tinsoldat, han skal ud og sejle”. Og så lavede de en båd af en avis, satte tinsoldaten midt i den, og nu sejlede han ned ad rendestenen. Båden hoppede op og ned, men han forblev standhaftigt og forandrede ikke en mine.

En stor vandrotte som boede under rendestensbrættet spurgte: ”Har du pas. Hit med passet. Stop ham, stop ham, han har ikke betalt told.

Strømmen blev stærkere og stærkere og tinsoldaten kunne øjne lyset foran hvor brættet slap. Han hørte en brusende lyd, der kunne gøre en tapper mand forskrækket. Han styrtede lige ud i en stor kanal, det var lige så farligt som et vandfald. Mens han sank dybere og dybere ned i vandet, tænkte han på den lille nydelige danserinde, som han aldrig mere skulle få at se, og det klang i hans øre: Fare, fare krigsmand, døden skal du lide!

Space 

I det samme blev han slugt af en stor fisk. Nej hvor var der mørkt derinde. Værre end under rendestens brættet, og så snævert. Han lå standhaftig med geværet i armen. Fisken for omkring, den gjorde de forfærdeligste bevægelser. Endelig blev der ganske stille. Der fór en lysstråle gennem den.

Fisken var blevet fanget, bragt til torvet, solgt og kommet op i køkkenet hvor pigen skar den op med en stor kniv. Hun tog soldaten med sine to fingre og bar ham ind i stuen, og alle ville se sådan en mærkværdig mand, der havde rejst omkring i maven på en fisk.

De stillede ham op på bordet – hvor kan det gå underligt til i verden. Han var i den selvsamme stue med de samme børn og legetøjet, der stod på bordet med det flotte slot og den nydelige lille danserinde på det ene ben. Det rørte tinsoldaten, så han var ved at græde tin; men det passede sig ikke. Han så på hende og hun så på ham; men de sagde ikke noget

Ild 

I det samme tog en af smådrengene og kastede soldaten lige ind i kakkelovnen, og han gav slet ingen grund derfor. Var det trolden i dåsen? Tinsoldaten stod ganske belyst og følte en hede, der var forfærdelig. Om det var ilden eller kærlighed, det vidste han ikke. Kuløren var gået af ham, om det var sket på rejsen eller det var sorg kunne ingen sige.

Han så på den lille jomfru, hun så på ham, og han følte han smeltede; men endnu stod han standhaftig med geværet i armen.

Da gik der en dør op, vinden tog i danserinden og hun fløj ligesom en sulfide lige ind i kakkelovnen til tinsoldaten, blussede op i lue og var borte. Så smeltede tinsoldaten til en klat, og da pigen næste dag tog asken ud, fandt hun ham som et lille tinhjerte. Af danserinden derimod var der kun pailletten, og den var brændt kulsort.

 

English:

Published to Copen Adventure 2023

In the cache: Logbook, pencil and Stamp which you must not move from the cache.

Puzzle with 90 pieces.

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The brave Soldier had to experiance many things like to go through the elements:

Earth

The one soldier was exactly alike, only one was slightly different, he had only one leg, because he had been cast at the end, and then there was not enough tin. However, he stood as firmly as the others, and it was he who became remarkable.

Among the other toys, a pretty little maiden stood in the open castle door. She was cut in paper and had a skirt of the clearest silk, and a small narrow blue ribbon over her shoulder. In the middle sat a shiny sequin. She lifted one leg so high in the air that the soldier thought she had only one leg like him. He hid behind a can.

When evening came, all the tin soldiers came in their box. Now the toys began to play: Come strangers, wage war and hold a ball.

Now the clock struck 12 and the lid popped off the can and a little black troll jumped up.

Air

When morning came, the tin soldier was placed in the window. Whether it was the troll or a draught, all at once the window flew open and the soldier flew out headlong from the third floor with terrifying speed. He turned his leg straight in the air and remained standing upside down with the bayonet down between the cobblestones.

Water 

Now it started to rain, one drop after another, so it was a real downpour. When it was over, two street boys came. "There's a tin soldier, he's going to go sailing". And so they made a boat out of a newspaper, put the tin soldier in the middle of it, and now he was sailing down the gutter. The boat bounced up and down, but he remained steadfast and did not change a face.

A large water rat that lived under the gutter board asked: "Do you have a passport?" Hit with the passport. Stop him, stop him, he hasn't paid duty.

The current grew stronger and stronger and the tin soldier could see the light in front of where the board left. He heard a rushing sound that could startle a brave man. He plunged straight into a large canal, it was as dangerous as a waterfall. As he sank deeper and deeper into the water, he thought of the pretty little dancer, whom he was never to see again, and it rang in his ear: Danger, danger man of war, death you must suffer!

Space 

At the same time he was swallowed by a large fish. No, it was dark in there. Worse than under the gutter board, and so narrow. He lay steadfast with the rifle in his arm. The fish around, it made the most terrible movements. Finally it became quite quiet. A ray of light passed through it.

The fish had been caught, brought to the square, sold and brought up to the kitchen where the girl cut it open with a large knife. She took the soldier with her two fingers and carried him into the room, and everyone wanted to see such a remarkable man who had traveled around in the belly of a fish.

They put him on the table - how strange can it be in the world. He was in the very same living room with the same children and the toys that were on the table with the beautiful castle and the pretty little dancer on one leg. It touched the tin soldier so that he was about to cry tin; but it didn't fit. He looked at her and she looked at him; but they said nothing

Fire 

At the same time one of the little boys took and threw the soldier right into the tiled stove, and he gave no reason at all for it. Was it the troll in the can? The tin soldier stood quite illuminated and felt a heat that was terrible. Whether it was the fire or love, he didn't know. The suit had come off him, whether it had happened on the journey or it was grief no one could say.

He looked at the little maiden, she looked at him, and he felt himself melt; but still he stood firm with the rifle in his arm.

Then a door opened, the wind caught the dancer and she flew like a sulphide straight into the tin soldier's tiled stove, flared up her hat and was gone. Then the tin soldier melted into a blob, and when the girl took out the ashes the next day, she found him as a little tin heart. Of the dancer, on the other hand, there was only the sequin, and it was burnt jet black.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ry-obk

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)