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 shan't tell you,' said the garter.

'Where is the place of your abode?' asked the shirt-collar.