Bow-wow ! That was the end of happiness ! ' The Snow-man , however , was not listening to him any more ; he was looking into the room where the housekeeper lived , where the stove stood on its four iron legs , and seemed to be just the same size as the Snow-man . ` How something is cracking inside me ! ' he said . ` Shall I never be able to get in there ? It is certainly a very innocent wish , and our innocent wishes ought to be fulfilled . I must get there , and lean against the stove , if I have to break the window first ! ' ` You will never get inside there ! ' said the yard-dog ; ` and if you were to reach the stove you would disappear . Bow-wow ! ' ` I 'm as good as gone already ! ' answered the Snow-man . ' I believe I 'm breaking up ! ' The whole day the Snow-man looked through the window ; towards dusk the room grew still more inviting ; the stove gave out a mild light , not at all like the moon or even the sun ; no , as only a stove can shine , when it has something to feed upon . When the door of the room was open , it flared up-this was one of its peculiarities ; it flickered quite red upon the Snow-man 's white face . ' I ca n't stand it any longer ! ' he said . ` How beautiful it looks with its tongue stretched out like that ! ' It was a long night , but the Snow-man did not find it so ; there he stood , wrapt in his pleasant thoughts , and they froze , so that he cracked .
Next morning the panes of the kitchen window were covered XXXXX ice , and the most beautiful ice-flowers that even a snow-man could desire , only they blotted out the stove .
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