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I / The Nutcrackers sat by a plate on the table; / The Sugar-tongs sat by a plate at his side; / And the Nutcrackers said, "Don't you wish we were able / Along the blue hills and green meadows to ride?
Must we drag on this stupid existence forever, / So idle and weary, so full of remorse, / While everyone else takes his pleasure, and never / Seems happy unless he is riding a horse?