Дороти и Волшебник в стране Оз

           "Butthereisanyquantityofoatmeal,whichweoftencookforbreakfast.Oatmealisabreakfastdish,"addedtheSteward,humbly.

           "I’llmakeitadinnerdish,"saidJim."Fetchiton,butdon’tcookit,asyouvalueyourlife."

           Yousee,therespectshowntheworn-outoldcab-horsemadehimalittlearrogant,andheforgothewasaguest,neverhavingbeentreatedotherwisethanasaservantsincethedayhewasborn,untilhisarrivalintheLandofOz.Buttheroyalattendantsdidnotheedtheanimal’silltemper.Theysoonmixedatubofoatmealwithalittlewater,andJimateitwithmuchrelish.

           Thentheservantsheapedalotofrugsuponthefloorandtheoldhorsesleptonthesoftestbedhehadeverknowninhislife.

           Inthemorning,assoonasitwasdaylight,heresolvedtotakeawalkandtrytofindsomegrassforbreakfast;soheambledcalmlythroughthehandsomearchofthedoorway,turnedthecornerofthepalace,whereinallseemedasleep,andcamefacetofacewiththeSawhorse.

           Jimstoppedabruptly,beingstartledandamazed.TheSawhorsestoppedatthesametimeandstaredattheotherwithitsqueerprotrudingeyes,whichweremereknotsinthelogthatformeditsbody.ThelegsoftheSawhorsewerefoursticksdrivingintoholesboredinthelog;itstailwasasmallbranchthathadbeenleftbyaccidentanditsmouthaplacechoppedinoneendofthebodywhichprojectedalittleandservedasahead.Theendsofthewoodenlegswereshodwithplatesofsolidgold,andthesaddleofthePrincessOzma,whichwasofredleathersetwithsparklingdiamonds,wasstrappedtotheclumsybody.