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"The Cricket on the Hearth" is a novella published by Dickens on Christmas Day in 1845, with the subtitle "A Fairy Tale of Home". This is a joyful work, and the story ends with a happy wedding. It was the kettle that started singing first! Don't tell me what Mrs. Perebinger said. I know better than she does. Perhaps Mrs. Peerybingle will always write in her memorabilia that she cannot say which of the two started it; but I will say that it is absolutely true that it was the kettle that started it. I should know, I thought. The small smooth-faced Dutch clock in the corner testified that the kettle had been chirping for a full five minutes before the cricket sang its first chirp.
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