Page 135 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

The one person who saw the whole thing was Clara. She never took her eyes off the Nutcracker from the moment the boys grabbed him from her arms. In fact, she was hot on their tails the entire time they were running about, and she would have caught them, too, if that nasty Prince so- and-so had not tripped her father and slowed her down. By the time she had jumped around the two of them, the boys were already at the top of the stairs, and Clara was too far away to catch the Nutcracker, even though she was running full speed.
But she was the first to reach the Nutcracker, and she was amazed to see it in one piece. Except its jaw, which was broken and hanging loosely from its hinges. Clara almost sobbed aloud.
If this was Franz – and she still couldn’t believe it was – did he feel the pain of a broken jaw?
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