# The Story of a Needle

Author: A. L. O. E., 1821-1893; Petherick, Rosa C., 1871-1931 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65365

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Story+of+a+Needle+A.+L.+O.+E.&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I REALLY can say nothing of my earliest days except from report. I have heard, but I can hardly believe it, that I was once part of a rough mass of iron ore, that had lain for ages in a dark mine in Cornwall; that I was dug out, and put into a huge furnace, and heated till I became red-hot, and melted; that I was made into part of an iron bar, and when in a fiery glow was suddenly plunged into cold water, which changed my whole constitution and name, for iron was thenceforth called steel. I can just fancy how the water fizzed and hissed, and how my fiery flush faded suddenly away, and I became again quite black in the face! I can fancy all this, as I said, but I really remember nothing ab...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-needle-65365/chapters/5/index.md)