Волшебство страны Оз

           Hemaybehavingsomefunwithyouforestpeople,buttheWizardwouldn’thurtabeastforanything."

           "Idon’tmeantheWizard,"explainedtheWolf."AndiftheWizardofOzisthatfunnylittlemanwhorodeagreatTigerintotheclearing,he’sbeentransformedhimselfbytheterribleMagician."

           "TheWizardtransformed?Why,that’simpossible,"declaredtheGlassCat.

           "No;itisn’t.Isawhimwithmyowneyes,changedintotheformofaFox,andthegirlwhowaswithhimwaschangedtoawoollyLamb."

           TheGlassCatwasindeedsurprised.

           "Whendidthathappen?"itasked.

           "Justalittlewhileagointheclearing.Alltheanimalshadmetthere,buttheyranawaywhentheMagicianbeganhistransformations,andI’mthankfulIescapedwithmynaturalshape.ButI’mstillafraid,andI’mgoingsomewheretohide."

           WiththistheWolfranon,andtheGlassCat,whichknewwherethebigclearingwas,wenttowardit.Butnowitwalkedmoreslowly,anditspinkbrainsrolledandtumbledaroundatagreatratebecauseitwasthinkingovertheamazingnewstheWolfhadtoldit.

           WhentheGlassCatreachedtheclearing,itsawaFox,aLamb,aRabbit,aMunchkinboyandafatGillikinwoman,allwanderingaroundinanaimlesssortofway,fortheywereagainsearchingfortheBlackBagofMagicTools.

           TheCatwatchedthemamomentandthenitwalkedslowlyintotheopenspace.AtoncetheLambrantowardit,crying:

           "Oh,Wizard,here’stheGlassCat!"

           "Where,Dorothy?"askedtheFox.