But I am only going to tell one story . Shall it be Henny Penny or Humpty Dumpty who fell downstairs , and yet gained great honour and married a princess ? ' ` Henny Penny ! ' cried some ; ` Humpty Dumpty ! ' cried others ; there was a perfect babel of voices ! Only the fir-tree kept silent , and thought , ` Am I not to be in it ? Am I to have nothing to do with it ? ' But it had already been in it , and played out its part . And the man told them about Humpty Dumpty who fell downstairs and married a princess . The children clapped their hands and cried , ` Another ! another ! ' They wanted the story of Henny Penny also , but they only got Humpty Dumpty . The fir-tree stood quite astonished and thoughtful ; the birds in the wood had never related anything like that . ` Humpty Dumpty fell downstairs and yet married a princess ! yes , that is the way of the world ! ' thought the tree , and was sure it must be true , because such a nice man had told the story . ` Well , who knows ? Perhaps I shall fall downstairs and marry a princess . ' And it rejoiced to think that next day it would be decked out again with candles , toys , glittering ornaments , and fruits . ` To-morrow I shall quiver again with excitement .
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