said the Darning-needle ; ` no indeed , but proud ! They were five brothers , all called '' Fingers . '' They held themselves proudly one against the other , although they were of different sizes . The outside one , the Thumb , was short and fat ; he was outside the rank , and had only one bend in his back , and could only make one bow ; but he said that if he were cut off from a man that he was no longer any use as a soldier . Dip-into-everything , the second finger , dipped into sweet things as well as sour things , pointed to the sun and the moon , and guided the pen when they wrote . Longman , the third , looked at the others over his shoulder . Goldband , the fourth , had a gold sash round his waist ; and little Playman did nothing at all , and was the more proud . There was too much ostentation , and so I came away . ' ` And now we are sitting and shining here ! ' said the bit of bottle-glass . At that moment more water came into the gutter ; it streamed over the edges and washed the bit of bottle-glass away . ` Ah ! now he has been promoted ! ' said the Darning-needle . ' I remain here ; I am too fine . But that is my pride , which is a sign of respectability ! ' And she sat there very proudly , thinking lofty thoughts . ' I really believe I must have been born a sunbeam , I am so fine ! It seems to me as if the sunbeams were always looking under the water for me . Ah , I am so fine that my own mother can not find me !
If I had my old eye which broke off , I believe I could weep ; but I ca n't -- it is not fine XXXXX weep ! '
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