limentary. In fact, he mistakes me for one
of the Court dignitaries!"

"Let us put it into the fire!" said the other boy, "it will help to boil
the kettle."

So they piled the faggots together, and put the Rocket on top, and lit
the fire.

"This is magnificent," cried the Rocket, "they are going to let me off
in broad daylight, so that everyone can see me."

"We will go to sleep now," they said, "and when we wake up the kettle
will be boiled;" and they lay down on the grass, and shut their eyes.

The Rocket was very damp, so he took a long time to burn. At last,
however, the fire caught him.

"Now I am going off!" he cried, and he made himself very stiff and
straight. "I know I shall go much higher than the stars, much higher
than the moon, much higher than the sun. In fact, I shall go so high
that----"

Fizz! Fizz! Fizz! and he went straight up into the air.

"Delightful," he cried, "I shall go on like this for ever. What a
success I am!"

But nobody saw him.

Then he began to feel a curious tingling sensation all over him.

"Now I am going to explode," he cried. "I shall set the whole world on
fire, and make such a noise that nobody will talk about anything else
for a whole year." And he certainly did explode. Bang! Bang! Bang! went
the gunpowder. There was no doubt about it.

But nobody heard him, not even the two little boys, for they were sound
asleep.

Then all that was left of him was the stick, and this fell down on the
back of a Goose who was taking a walk by the side of the ditch.

"Good heavens!" cried the Goose. "It is going to rain sticks;" and she
rushed into the water.

"I knew I should create a great sensation," gasped the Rocket, and he
went out.

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Errors Noted by Transcriber:

"What a remarkable phenomenon," said the Professor of Ornithology
[_comma invisible_]

all my flowers are doing well." [_" for ' in nested quote_]

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