By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 3)

?Is a stove so beautiful?? asked the Snow Man. ?Is it anything like me??

?It is just the opposite of you! It is black and has a long neck with a brass pipe. It eats firewood, so that fire comes out of its mouth. One has to keep close beside it. You can see it through the window from where you are standing.?

The Snow Man looked in that direction. He saw a smooth polished object with a brass pipe. The flicker from the fire reached him across the snow. Th...