Page 28 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

As the toy mouse went around and around in circles, all the mice edged away until they formed a huge circle around the Mouse Queen. When the toy mouse finally unwound and stopped at the feet of the Mouse Queen, she gave a wicked smile. Ripping the tattered lace from Reggie’s cravat, she bound the Nut to her scepter, and then lifted the Nut up high, as every single mouse cheered and bowed down before the Magic Nut, Krakatuk.
For this was the very Magic Nut which Drosselmeir sought.
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