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Title: The pink fairy book
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, ed
Subjects: Tales
Publisher: New York, London (etc.) Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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to change. I cant understand him, said the Snow-man; but Ihave an idea that he is speaking of something unpleasant.That thing that glares so, and then disappears, the sun,as he calls it, is not my friend. I know that by instinct. Bow-wow! barked the yard-dog, and walked threetimes round himself, and then crept into his kennel tosleep. The weather really did change. Towards morninga dense damp fog lay over the whole neighbourhood;later on came an icy wind, which sent the frost packing.But when the sun rose, it was a glorious sight. Thetrees and shrubs were covered with rime, and looked likea wood of coral, and every branch was thick with longwhite blossoms. The most delicate twigs, which are lostamong the foliage in summer-time, came now into pro-minence, and it was like a spiders web of glisteningwhite. The lady-birches waved in the wind; and whenthe sun shone, everything glittered and sparkled as if itwere sprinkled with diamond dust, and great diamondswere lying on the snowy carpet.
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50 THE SNOW-MAN Is nt it wonderful ? exclaimed a girl who was walk-ing with a young man in the garden. They stopped nearthe Snow-man, and looked at the glistening trees.* Summer cannot show a more beautiful sight, she said,with her eyes shining. And one cant get a fellow like this in summer either,said the young man, pointing to the Snow-man. He s abeauty! The girl laughed, and nodded to the Snow-man, andthen they both danced away over the snow. Who were those two? asked the Snow-man of theyard-dog. You have been in this yard longer than Ihave. Do you know who the)?^ are ? Do I know them indeed? answered the yard-dog. She has often stroked me, and he has given me bones.I dont bite either of them! But what are they? asked the Snow-man. Lovers! replied the yard-dog. They will go intoone kennel and gnaw the same bone! Are they the same kind of beings that we are ?asked the Snow-man. They are our masters, answered the yard-dog. Really people who have only been in the world one dayknow ver

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