human
I suppose you are a diamond?
gpt
Why, yes, something of that kind.
human
I have been in a lady's box, said the Darning-Needle,
gpt
Were they of good birth?
human
No, indeed, replied the Darning-Needle,
gpt
And now we sit here and glitter!
human
So, he is disposed of, observed the Darning-Needle.
gpt
I remain here; I am too fine. But that's my pride, and my pride is honorable. And proudly she sat there, and had many great thoughts.
human
I could almost believe I had been born of a sunbeam, I'm so fine. It really appears to me as if the sunbeams were always seeking for me under the water. Ah! I'm so fine that my mother cannot find me. If I had my old eye, which broke off, I think I should cry; but no, I should not do that; it's not genteel to cry.