He did not say anything , and he did not complain , and those are bad signs . One morning he broke up altogether . And lo ! where he had stood there remained a broomstick standing upright , round which the boys had built him ! ` Ah ! now I understand why he loved the stove , ' said the yard-dog . ` That is the raker they use to clean out the stove ! The Snow-man had a stove-raker in his body ! That 's what was the matter with him ! And now it 's all over with him ! Bow-wow ! ' And before long it was all over with the winter too ! ` Bow-wow ! ' barked the hoarse yard-dog . But the young girl sang : Woods , your bright green garments don ! Willows , your woolly gloves put on ! Lark and cuckoo , daily sing -- February has brought the spring ! My heart joins in your song so sweet ; Come out , dear sun , the world to greet ! And no one thought of the Snow-man . The Shirt-collar Translated from the German of Hans Andersen .
There was once a fine gentleman whose entire worldly possessions consisted of a boot-jack and a hair-brush ; but he had the most beautiful shirt-collar in the world , and it is about this that we are going XXXXX hear a story .
Snow-man Translated Woods daily from in of on to with