` Oh , oh ! ' cried out one , as he pricked himself with the Darning-needle ; ` he is a fine fellow though ! ' ' I am not a fellow ; I am a young lady ! ' said the Darning-needle ; but no one heard . The sealing-wax had gone , and she had become quite black ; but black makes one look very slim , and so she thought she was even finer than before . ` Here comes an egg-shell sailing along ! ' said the boys , and they stuck the Darning-needle into the egg-shell . ` The walls white and I black -- what a pretty contrast it makes ! ' said the Darning-needle . ` Now I can be seen to advantage ! If only I am not sea-sick ! I should give myself up for lost ! ' But she was not sea-sick , and did not give herself up . ` It is a good thing to be steeled against sea-sickness ; here one has indeed an advantage over man ! Now my qualms are over . The finer one is the more one can beat . ' ` Crack ! ' said the egg-shell as a wagon-wheel went over it . ` Oh ! how it presses ! '
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