— Tell me, corporal, do you have a larger size
— Negative, ma'm.
mall and inconspicuous, forgiving and hardworking, covered with soot and cinders, it is ready for anything to make you warm and comfortable. Alas, some stoves are destined to shine on in luxurious sitting rooms and ballrooms and others have to toil day and night whatever the place they happen to be.
Let pompous and arrogant fireplaces brag about their noble ancestry and deny any relation to it. Its twinkle behind a crystal window is as bright and warm.
And if it ever burns out through hard work its miniature price which is too small for any other stove will assuage the sorrow of its departure.
Do not ever fuel it with coal lest it turn into a pumpkin before midnight.