" that is terrible disease for a snow man , " said the yard - dog ; " i have suffered from it myself , but i got over it . away , away , " he barked and then he added , " the weather is going to change . " and the weather did change . it began to thaw . as the warmth increased , the snow man decreased . he said nothing and made no complaint , which is a sure sign . one morning he broke , and sunk down altogether . behold , where he had stood , something like a broomstick remained sticking up in the ground . it was the pole round which the boys had built him up . " ah , now i understand why he had such a great longing for the stove , " said the yard - dog . " why , there 's the shovel that is used for cleaning out the stove , fastened to the pole . " the snow man had a stove scraper in his body . that was what moved him so . " but it 's all over now . away , away . " and soon the winter passed . " away , away , " barked the hoarse yard - dog . but the girls in the house sang ,
a stove scraper .
what did the snow man have in his body that made him long for the stove ?
what did the snow man have in his body that made him long for the stove ?