Волшебство страны Оз

           And,attheanimaltable,therewasanotherinterestinggroup,consistingoftheCowardlyLion,theHungryTiger,Toto—Dorothy’slittleshaggyblackdog—HanktheMule,thePinkKitten,theWoodenSawhorse,theYellowHen,andtheGlassCat.AllofthesehadgoodappetitesexcepttheSawhorseandtheGlassCat,andeachwasgivenaplentifulsupplyofthefooditlikedbest.

           Finally,whenthebanquetwasnearlyoverandtheice-creamwastobeserved,fourservantsenteredbearingahugecake,allfrostedanddecoratedwithcandyflowers.Aroundtheedgeofthecakewasarowoflightedcandles,andinthecenterwereraisedcandylettersthatspelledthewords:

           OZMA’S

           BirthdayCake

           from

           DorothyandtheWizard

           "Oh,howbeautiful!"criedOzma,greatlydelighted,andDorothysaideagerly:"Nowyoumustcutthecake,Ozma,andeachofuswilleatapiecewithourice-cream."

           JelliaJambbroughtalargegoldenknifewithajeweledhandle,andOzmastoodupinherplaceandattemptedtocutthecake.Butassoonasthefrostinginthecenterbrokeunderthepressureoftheknifethereleapedfromthecakeatinymonkeythreeincheshigh,andhewasfollowedbyanotherandanother,untiltwelvemonkeysstoodonthetableclothandbowedlowtoOzma.

           "CongratulationstoourgraciousRuler!"theyexclaimedinachorus,andthentheybeganadance,sodrollandamusingthatallthecompanyroaredwithlaughterandevenOzmajoinedinthemerriment