You must take pains to make it grow , for it is not everyone who has a head of sealing-wax . ' And so saying the Darning-needle raised herself up so proudly that she fell out of the dress , right into the sink which the cook was rinsing out . ` Now I am off on my travels ! ' said the Darning-needle . ' I do hope I sha 'n' t get lost ! ' She did indeed get lost . ' I am too fine for this world ! ' said she as she lay in the gutter ; ` but I know who I am , and that is always a little satisfaction ! ' And the Darning-needle kept her proud bearing and did not lose her good-temper . All kinds of things swam over her -- shavings , bits of straw , and scraps of old newspapers . ` Just look how they sail along ! ' said the Darning-needle . ` They do n't know what is underneath them ! Here I am sticking fast ! There goes a shaving thinking of nothing in the world but of itself , a mere chip ! There goes a straw -- well , how it does twist and twirl , to be sure ! Do n't think so much about yourself , or you will be knocked against a stone . There floats a bit of newspaper . What is written on it is long ago forgotten , and yet how proud it is ! I am sitting patient and quiet .
I know who I am , and that is enough XXXXX me ! '
about against along as for in into of that underneath