Chapter 96
The Snow Man"IT is so delightfully cold," said the Snow Man, "that it
makes my whole body crackle. This is just the kind of wind to blow
life into one. How that great red thing up there is staring at me!"
He meant the sun, who was just setting. "It shall not make me wink.
I shall manage to keep the pieces."
He had two triangular pieces of tile in his head, instead
of eyes; his mouth was made of an old broken rake, and was, of
course, furnished with teeth. He had been brought into existence
amidst the joyous shouts of boys, the jingling of sleigh-bells, and
the slashing of whips. The sun went down, and the full moon rose,
large, round, and clear, shining in the deep blue.
"There it comes again, from the other side," said the Snow
Man, who supposed the sun was showing
