once upon a time there was a darning needle who imagined she was so fine that she really was a sewing needle.

"be careful and hold me tightly!" she warned the fingers that picked her up. "don't drop me! if i fall on the floor you may never find me again; that's how fine i am!"

"that's what you think!" replied the fingers, and squeezed her around the waist.

"look, here i come with my train!" said the darning needle, and she drew a long thread behind her, but there was no knot in the thread.

the fingers aimed the needle straight at the cook's slipper, where the upper leather had burst and had to be sewed together.

"my! what vulgar work!" sniffed the darning needle. "i'll never get through! look out! i'm breaking! i'm breaking in two." and just then she did break. "i told you so," she said. "i'm much too delicate!"

"well, she's no good now," thought the fingers, but they had to hold on to her all the same. for the cook dropped a little sealing wax on the end of the needle to make a head, and then she pinned her kerchief together with it in front.

"look! now i'm a breastpin," said the needle. "i knew perfectly well i'd be honored. if you are something you always amount to something."

then she laughed, but it was inwardly, because no one can ever really see a darning needle laugh. there she sat on the cook's bosom, proud as if she were in a state coach, and looked all around her.

"may i be permitted to inquire if you're made of gold?" she very politely asked a little pin near her. "you look pretty, and you have a head of your own, but it's rather small. you must be careful to grow bigger. not everyone can have sealing wax on one end like me!"

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作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律