` 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 to hear a story . The shirt-collar was so old that he began to think about marrying ; and it happened one day that he and a garter came into the wash-tub together . ` Hulloa ! ' said the shirt-collar , ` never before have I seen anything so slim and delicate , so elegant and pretty ! May I be permitted to ask your name ? ' ' I sha n't tell you , ' said the garter .
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