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.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Give me a couple of fat rabbits," said the beast."Rabbits! No, indeed.I'd not allow you to eat thedear little things," declared Polychrome the Canary."Well, three or four squirrels, then," pleaded theJaguar."Do you think me so cruel?" demanded the Canary,indignantly."The squirrels are my especial friends.""How about a plump owl?" asked the beast."Not a tinone, you know, but a real meat owl.""Neither beast nor bird shall you have," saidPolychrome in a positive voice."Give me a fish, then; there's a river a little wayoff," proposed the Jaguar."No living thing shall be sacrificed to feed you,"returned the Canary."Then what in the world do you expect me toeat?" said the Jaguar in a scornful tone."How would mush-and-milk do?" asked theCanary.The Jaguar snarled in derision and lashed his tailPage 83 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlagainst the ground angrily"Give him some scrambled eggs on toast, Poly,"suggested the Bear Scarecrow."He ought to like that.""I will," responded the Canary, and fluttering herwings she made a flight of three circles around thestump.Then she flew up to a tree and the Bear and theOwl and the Jaguar saw that upon the stump had appeareda great green leaf upon which was a large portion ofscrambled eggs on toast, smoking hot."There!" said the Bear; "eat your breakfast, friendJaguar, and be content."The Jaguar crept closer to the stump and sniffed thefragrance of the scrambled eggs.They smelled so goodthat he tasted them, and they tasted so good that heate the strange meal in a hurry, proving he had beenreally hungry."I prefer rabbits," he muttered, licking his chops,"but I must admit the magic breakfast has filled mystomach full, and brought me comfort.So I'm muchobliged for the kindness, little Fairy, and I'll nowleave you in peace."Saying this, he plunged into the thick underbrush andsoon disappeared, although they could hear his greatbody crashing through the bushes until he was farPage 84 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmldistant."That was a good way to get rid of the savage beast,Poly," said the Tin Woodman to the Canary; "but I'msurprised that you didn't give our friend Woot a magicbreakfast, when you knew he was hungry.""The reason for that," answered Polychrome, "wasthat my mind was so intent on other things that I quiteforgot my power to produce food by magic.But where isthe monkey boy?""Gone!" said the Scarecrow Bear, solemnly."The earthhas swallowed him up."Chapter NineThe Quarrelsome DragonsThe Green Monkey sank gently into the earth for alittle way and then tumbled swiftly through space,landing on a rocky floor with a thump that astonishedhim.Then he sat up, found that no bones were broken,and gazed around him.He seemed to be in a big underground cave, which wasPage 85 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmldimly lighted by dozens of big round discs that lookedlike moons.They were not moons, however, as Wootdiscovered when he had examined the place morecarefully.They were eyes.The eyes were in the headsof enormous beasts whose bodies trailed far behindthem.Each beast was bigger than an elephant, and threetimes as long, and there were a dozen or more of thecreatures scattered here and there about the cavern.Ontheir bodies were big scales, as round as pie-plates,which were beautifully tinted in shades of green,purple and orange.On the ends of their long tails wereclusters of jewels.Around the great, moon-like eyeswere circles of diamonds which sparkled in the subduedlight that glowed from the eyes.Woot saw that the creatures had wide mouths and rowsof terrible teeth and, from tales he had heard of suchbeings, he knew he had fallen into a cavern inhabitedby the great Dragons that had been driven from thesurface of the earth and were only allowed to come outonce in a hundred years to search for food.Of coursehe had never seen Dragons before, yet there was nomistaking them, for they were unlike any other livingcreatures.Woot sat upon the floor where he had fallen, staringaround, and the owners of the big eyes returned hislook, silently and motionless.Finally one of theDragons which was farthest away from him asked, in adeep, grave voice:Page 86 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"What was that?"And the greatest Dragon of all, who was just in frontof the Green Monkey, answered in a still deeper voice:"It is some foolish animal from Outside.""Is it good to eat?" inquired a smaller Dragon besidethe great one."I'm hungry.""Hungry!" exclaimed all the Dragons, in a reproachfulchorus; and then the great one said chidingly: "Tut-tut, my son! You've no reason to be hungry at thistime.""Why not?" asked the little Dragon."I haven't eatenanything in eleven years.""Eleven years is nothing," remarked another Dragon,sleepily opening and closing his eyes; "I haven'tfeasted for eighty-seven years, and I dare not gethungry for a dozen or so years to come.Children whoeat between meals should be broken of the habit.""All I had, eleven years ago, was a rhinoceros, andthat's not a full meal at all," grumbled the young one."And, before that, I had waited sixty-two years to befed; so it's no wonder I'm hungry."Page 87 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"How old are you now?" asked Woot, forgetting his owndangerous position in his interest in the conversation."Why, I'm -- I'm -- How old am I, Father?" asked thelittle Dragon."Goodness gracious! what a child to ask questions.Doyou want to keep me thinking all the time? 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.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Give me a couple of fat rabbits," said the beast."Rabbits! No, indeed.I'd not allow you to eat thedear little things," declared Polychrome the Canary."Well, three or four squirrels, then," pleaded theJaguar."Do you think me so cruel?" demanded the Canary,indignantly."The squirrels are my especial friends.""How about a plump owl?" asked the beast."Not a tinone, you know, but a real meat owl.""Neither beast nor bird shall you have," saidPolychrome in a positive voice."Give me a fish, then; there's a river a little wayoff," proposed the Jaguar."No living thing shall be sacrificed to feed you,"returned the Canary."Then what in the world do you expect me toeat?" said the Jaguar in a scornful tone."How would mush-and-milk do?" asked theCanary.The Jaguar snarled in derision and lashed his tailPage 83 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlagainst the ground angrily"Give him some scrambled eggs on toast, Poly,"suggested the Bear Scarecrow."He ought to like that.""I will," responded the Canary, and fluttering herwings she made a flight of three circles around thestump.Then she flew up to a tree and the Bear and theOwl and the Jaguar saw that upon the stump had appeareda great green leaf upon which was a large portion ofscrambled eggs on toast, smoking hot."There!" said the Bear; "eat your breakfast, friendJaguar, and be content."The Jaguar crept closer to the stump and sniffed thefragrance of the scrambled eggs.They smelled so goodthat he tasted them, and they tasted so good that heate the strange meal in a hurry, proving he had beenreally hungry."I prefer rabbits," he muttered, licking his chops,"but I must admit the magic breakfast has filled mystomach full, and brought me comfort.So I'm muchobliged for the kindness, little Fairy, and I'll nowleave you in peace."Saying this, he plunged into the thick underbrush andsoon disappeared, although they could hear his greatbody crashing through the bushes until he was farPage 84 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmldistant."That was a good way to get rid of the savage beast,Poly," said the Tin Woodman to the Canary; "but I'msurprised that you didn't give our friend Woot a magicbreakfast, when you knew he was hungry.""The reason for that," answered Polychrome, "wasthat my mind was so intent on other things that I quiteforgot my power to produce food by magic.But where isthe monkey boy?""Gone!" said the Scarecrow Bear, solemnly."The earthhas swallowed him up."Chapter NineThe Quarrelsome DragonsThe Green Monkey sank gently into the earth for alittle way and then tumbled swiftly through space,landing on a rocky floor with a thump that astonishedhim.Then he sat up, found that no bones were broken,and gazed around him.He seemed to be in a big underground cave, which wasPage 85 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmldimly lighted by dozens of big round discs that lookedlike moons.They were not moons, however, as Wootdiscovered when he had examined the place morecarefully.They were eyes.The eyes were in the headsof enormous beasts whose bodies trailed far behindthem.Each beast was bigger than an elephant, and threetimes as long, and there were a dozen or more of thecreatures scattered here and there about the cavern.Ontheir bodies were big scales, as round as pie-plates,which were beautifully tinted in shades of green,purple and orange.On the ends of their long tails wereclusters of jewels.Around the great, moon-like eyeswere circles of diamonds which sparkled in the subduedlight that glowed from the eyes.Woot saw that the creatures had wide mouths and rowsof terrible teeth and, from tales he had heard of suchbeings, he knew he had fallen into a cavern inhabitedby the great Dragons that had been driven from thesurface of the earth and were only allowed to come outonce in a hundred years to search for food.Of coursehe had never seen Dragons before, yet there was nomistaking them, for they were unlike any other livingcreatures.Woot sat upon the floor where he had fallen, staringaround, and the owners of the big eyes returned hislook, silently and motionless.Finally one of theDragons which was farthest away from him asked, in adeep, grave voice:Page 86 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"What was that?"And the greatest Dragon of all, who was just in frontof the Green Monkey, answered in a still deeper voice:"It is some foolish animal from Outside.""Is it good to eat?" inquired a smaller Dragon besidethe great one."I'm hungry.""Hungry!" exclaimed all the Dragons, in a reproachfulchorus; and then the great one said chidingly: "Tut-tut, my son! You've no reason to be hungry at thistime.""Why not?" asked the little Dragon."I haven't eatenanything in eleven years.""Eleven years is nothing," remarked another Dragon,sleepily opening and closing his eyes; "I haven'tfeasted for eighty-seven years, and I dare not gethungry for a dozen or so years to come.Children whoeat between meals should be broken of the habit.""All I had, eleven years ago, was a rhinoceros, andthat's not a full meal at all," grumbled the young one."And, before that, I had waited sixty-two years to befed; so it's no wonder I'm hungry."Page 87 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"How old are you now?" asked Woot, forgetting his owndangerous position in his interest in the conversation."Why, I'm -- I'm -- How old am I, Father?" asked thelittle Dragon."Goodness gracious! what a child to ask questions.Doyou want to keep me thinking all the time? Don't youknow that thinking is very bad for Dragons?" returnedthe big one, impatiently [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]