replied the yard-dog . ` They will go into one kennel and gnaw the same bone ! ' ` Are they the same kind of beings that we are ? ' asked the Snow-man . ` They are our masters , ' answered the yard-dog . ` Really people who have only been in the world one day know very little . ' That 's the conclusion I have come to . Now I have age and wisdom ; I know everyone in the house , and I can remember a time when I was not lying here in a cold kennel . Bow-wow ! ' ` The cold is splendid , ' said the Snow-man . ` Tell me some more . But do n't rattle your chain so , it makes me crack ! ' ` Bow-wow ! ' barked the yard-dog . ` They used to say I was a pretty little fellow ; then I lay in a velvet-covered chair in my master 's house . My mistress used to nurse me , and kiss and fondle me , and call me her dear , sweet little Alice ! But by-and-by I grew too big , and I was given to the housekeeper , and I went into the kitchen . You can see into it from where you are standing ; you can look at the room in which I was master , for so I was when I was with the housekeeper . Of course it was a smaller place than upstairs , but it was more comfortable , for I was n't chased about and teased by the children as I had been before . My food was just as good , or even better .
I had my own pillow , and there was a stove there , which at this time of year is the most beautiful thing XXXXX the world .
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