`` I am afraid you do n't quite see the moral of the story , '' remarked the Linnet . `` The what ? '' screamed the Water-rat . `` The moral . '' `` Do you mean to say that the story has a moral ? '' `` Certainly , '' said the Linnet . `` Well , really , '' said the Water-rat , in a very angry manner , `` I think you should have told me that before you began . If you had done so , I certainly would not have listened to you ; in fact , I should have said ` Pooh , ' like the critic . However , I can say it now '' ; so he shouted out `` Pooh '' at the top of his voice , gave a whisk with his tail , and went back into his hole . `` And how do you like the Water-rat ? '' asked the Duck , who came paddling up some minutes afterwards . `` He has a great many good points , but for my own part I have a mother 's feelings , and I can never look at a confirmed bachelor without the tears coming into my eyes . '' `` I am rather afraid that I have annoyed him , '' answered the Linnet . `` The fact is , that I told him a story with a moral . '' `` Ah ! that is always a very dangerous thing to do , '' said the Duck . And I quite agree with her . THE REMARKABLE ROCKET The King 's son was going to be married , so there were general rejoicings . He had waited a whole year for his bride , and at last she had arrived . She was a Russian Princess , and had driven all the way from Finland in a sledge drawn by six reindeer .
The sledge was shaped like a great golden swan , and between the swan 's wings lay the little XXXXX herself .
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