Чарівництво країни Оз

           "Thereasonforathingisneversoimportantasthethingitself,sothere’snouserememberinganythingbutthefactthatI’mlonesome."

           "Iguessyou’dbehappierifyoutriedtodosomething,"assertedTrot."Ifyoucan’tdoanythingforyourself,youcandothingsforothers,andthenyou’dgetlotsoffriendsandstopbeinglonesome."

           "Nowyou’regettingdisagreeable,"saidtheLonesomeDuck,"andIshallhavetogoandleaveyou."

           "Can’tyouhelpusany,"pleadedthegirl."Ifthere’sanythingmagicaboutyou,youmightgetusoutofthisscrape."

           "Ihaven’tanymagicstrongenoughtogetyouofftheMagicIsle,"repliedtheLonesomeDuck."WhatmagicIpossessisverysimple,butIfinditenoughformyownneeds."

           "Ifwecouldonlysitdownawhile,wecouldstanditbetter,"saidTrot,"butwehavenothingtositon."

           "Thenyouwillhavetostandit,"saidtheLonesomeDuck.

           "P’rapsyou’veenoughmagictogiveusacoupleofstools,"suggestedCap’nBill.

           "Aduckisn’tsupposedtoknowwhatstoolsare,"wasthereply.

           "Butyou’rediff’rentfromallotherducks."

           "Thatistrue."Thestrangecreatureseemedtoreflectforamoment,lookingatthemsharplyfromitsroundblackeyes.Thenitsaid:"Sometimes,whenthesunishot,Igrowatoadstooltosheltermefromitsrays.Perhapsyoucouldsitontoadstools."

           "Well,iftheywerestrongenough,they’ddo,"answeredCap’nBill.

           "Then,beforeIdoI’llgiveyouacouple,"saidtheLonesomeDuck,andbeganwaddlingaboutinasmallcircle.