The Snow Man · page 21 2101"That is terrible disease for a Snow Man," said the yard-dog; "I have suffered from it myself, but I got over it.102Away, away," he barked and then he added, "the weather is going to change."103And the weather did change; it began to thaw.104As the warmth increased, the Snow Man decreased.105He said nothing and made no complaint, which is a sure sign.106One morning he broke, and sunk down altogether; and, behold, where he had stood, something like a broomstick remained sticking up in the ground.107It was the pole round which the boys had built him up. "108Ah, now I understand why he had such a great longing for the stove," said the yard-dog. "109Why, there's the shovel that is used for cleaning out the stove, fastened to the pole."110The Snow Man had a stove scraper in his body; that was what moved him so. "111But it's all over now.112Away, away."113And soon the winter passed. "114Away, away," barked the hoarse yard-dog.115But the girls in the house sang,116"Come from your fragrant home, green thyme; Stretch your soft branches, willow-tree; The months are bringing the sweet spring-time, When the lark in the sky sings joyfully.117Come gentle sun, while the cuckoo sings, And I'll mock his note in my wanderings."118And nobody thought any more of the Snow Man.1 2← previousThe Shirt-collarnext →Story the First. Which describes a looking-glass and the broken fragments↑ back to Fairy Tales of Hans Christian AndersenThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/page/2/