` He flew away in a cloak of fire , ' said another . They were splendid things that he heard , and the next day was to be his wedding day . Then he went back into the wood to sit in his trunk ; but what had become of it ? The trunk had been burnt . A spark of the fireworks had set it alight , and the trunk was in ashes . He could no longer fly , and could never reach his bride . She stood the whole day long on the roof and waited ; perhaps she is waiting there still . But he wandered through the world and told stories ; though they are not so merry as the one he told about the matches . The Snow-man Translated from the German of Hans Andersen . ` How astonishingly cold it is ! My body is cracking all over ! ' said the Snow-man . ` The wind is really cutting one 's very life out ! And how that fiery thing up there glares ! ' He meant the sun , which was just setting . ` It sha 'n' t make me blink , though , and I shall keep quite cool and collected . ' Instead of eyes he had two large three-cornered pieces of slate in his head ; his mouth consisted of an old rake , so that he had teeth as well . He was born amidst the shouts and laughter of the boys , and greeted by the jingling bells and cracking whips of the sledges . The sun went down , the full moon rose , large , round , clear and beautiful , in the dark blue sky . ` There it is again on the other side ! '
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