Смарагдове місто країни Оз

           "Yourremarksarepiquantandhighly-seasoned,butyouneedascatteringofcommonsense.Itisonlynecessarytokillapersononcetomakehimdead;butIdonotseethatitisnecessarytokillthislittlegirlatall."

           "Idon’t,either,"saidDorothy.

           "Pardonme,butyouarenotexpectedtoadvisemeinthismatter,"repliedKingKleaver.

           "Whynot?"askedDorothy.

           "Youmightbeprejudicedinyourownfavor,andsomisleadus,"hesaid."Nowthen,goodsubjects,whospeaksnext?"

           "I’dliketosmooththisthingover,insomeway,"saidaflatiron,earnestly."Wearesupposedtobeusefultomankind,youknow."

           "Butthegirlisn’tmankind!She’swomankind!"yelledacorkscrew.

           "Whatdoyouknowaboutit?"inquiredtheKing.

           "I’malawyer,"saidthecorkscrew,proudly."Iamaccustomedtoappearatthebar."

           "Butyou’recrooked,"retortedtheKing,"andthatdebarsyou.Youmaybeacorkinggoodlawyer,Mr.Popp,butImustaskyoutowithdrawyourremarks."

           "Verywell,"saidthecorkscrew,sadly;"IseeIhaven’tanypullatthiscourt."

           "Permitme,"continuedtheflatiron,"topressmysuit,yourMajesty.Idonotwishtoglossoveranyfaulttheprisonermayhavecommitted,ifsuchafaultexists;butweowehersomeconsideration,andthat’sflat!"

           "I’dliketohearfromPrinceKarver,"saidtheKing.

           Atthisastatelycarvingknifesteppedforwardandbowed.

           "TheCaptainwaswrongtobringthisgirlhere,andshewaswrongtocome,"hesaid."Butnowthatthefoolishdeedisdoneletusallproveourmettleandhaveaslashinggoodtime."

           "That’sit!that’sit!"screamedafatchoppingknife.