By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 2)

Many things swam over her – dust, bits of straw, and scraps of old newspapers.

“Just look how they sail along!” said the Darning-needle. “They don’t know what is underneath them! Here I am sticking fast! There goes a piece of wood, thinking of nothing in the world but itself. It is only a useless bit of wood! There goes a straw – it twists and twirls! Don’t think so much about yourself, or you will be knocked against a stone. There floats a bit of newsp...