I have not actually appeared myself , but when I do so it will be a magnificent sight . As for domesticity , it ages one rapidly , and distracts one 's mind from higher things . '' `` Ah ! the higher things of life , how fine they are ! '' said the Duck ; `` and that reminds me how hungry I feel '' : and she swam away down the stream , saying , `` Quack , quack , quack . '' `` Come back ! come back ! '' screamed the Rocket , `` I have a great deal to say to you '' ; but the Duck paid no attention to him . `` I am glad that she has gone , '' he said to himself , `` she has a decidedly middle-class mind '' ; and he sank a little deeper still into the mud , and began to think about the loneliness of genius , when suddenly two little boys in white smocks came running down the bank , with a kettle and some faggots . `` This must be the deputation , '' said the Rocket , and he tried to look very dignified . `` Hallo ! '' cried one of the boys , `` look at this old stick ! I wonder how it came here '' ; and he picked the rocket out of the ditch . `` OLD Stick ! '' said the Rocket , `` impossible ! GOLD Stick , that is what he said . Gold Stick is very complimentary . In fact , he mistakes me for one of the Court dignitaries ! '' `` Let us put it into the fire ! '' said the other boy , `` it will help to boil the kettle . ''
So they piled the faggots together , and put the Rocket on top , and lit the XXXXX .
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