Подорож до Країни Оз

22. Important Arrivals

           TheyknewTik-tokandBillina,too,andtheScarecrowandTinWoodman,aswellastheLionandTiger;sotherewasajoyfulreunion,asyoumayimagine,anditwasfullyanhourbeforetheQueenandhertrainretiredtotheirrooms.Perhapstheywouldnothavegonethenhadnotthebandbeguntoplaytoannouncenewarrivals;butbeforetheyleftthegreatThrone-RoomKingEvardoaddedtoOzma’sbirthdaypresentsadiademofdiamondssetinradium.

           ThenextcomerprovedtobeKingRenardofFoxville;orKingDox,ashepreferredtobecalled.Hewasmagnificentlydressedinanewfeathercostumeandworewhitekidmittensoverhispawsandaflowerinhisbutton-holeandhadhishairpartedinthemiddle.

           KingDoxthankedDorothyferventlyforgettinghimtheinvitationtocometoOz,whichheallhislifelongedtovisit.HestruttedaroundratherabsurdlyashewasintroducedtoallthefamouspeopleassembledintheThrone-Room,andwhenhelearnedthatDorothywasaPrincessofOztheFoxKinginsistedonkneelingatherfeetandafterwardretiredbackward—adangerousthingtodo,ashemighthavestubbedhispawandtumbledover.

           Nosoonerwashegonethantheblastsofbuglesandclatterofdrumsandcymbalsannouncedimportantvisitors,andtheHighChamberlainassumedhismostdignifiedtoneashethrewopenthedoorandsaidproudly:

           "HerSublimeandResplendentMajesty,QueenZixiofIx!HisSereneandTremendousMajesty,KingBudofNoland.HerRoyalHighness,thePrincessFluff.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 134 з 151