It eats firewood , so that fire spouts out of its mouth . One has to keep close beside it-quite underneath is the nicest of all . You can see it through the window from where you are standing . ' And the Snow-man looked in that direction , and saw a smooth polished object with a brass pipe . The flicker from the fire reached him across the snow . The Snow-man felt wonderfully happy , and a feeling came over him which he could not express ; but all those who are not snow-men know about it . ` Why did you leave her ? ' asked the Snow-man . He had a feeling that such a being must be a lady . ` How could you leave such a place ? ' ' I had to ! ' said the yard-dog . ` They turned me out of doors , and chained me up here . I had bitten the youngest boy in the leg , because he took away the bone I was gnawing ; a bone for a bone , I thought ! But they were very angry , and from that time I have been chained here , and I have lost my voice . Do n't you hear how hoarse I am ? Bow-wow ! I ca n't speak like other dogs . Bow-wow ! That was the end of happiness ! '
The Snow-man , however , was not listening to him any more ; he was looking into the room where the housekeeper lived , where the stove stood on its four iron legs , and seemed to be just the same size as the XXXXX .
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