Волшебство страны Оз
16. The Glass Cat Finds the Black Bag
"Itisagreatthingyouaskofme,ORangotheGrayApe,"saidhe,"forthebiggerthegiantsarethemorepowerfultheirenchantment,andthemoredifficultitwillbetorestorethemtotheirnaturalforms.However,Iwillthinkitover."
ThentheWizardwenttoanotherpartoftheclearingandsatonalogandappearedtobeindeepthought.
TheGlassCathadbeengreatlyinterestedintheGrayApe’sstoryandwascurioustoseewhatthegiantsoldierslookedlike.Hearingthattheirheadsextendedabovethetree-tops,theGlassCatdecidedthatifitclimbedthetallavocadotreethatstoodatthesideoftheclearing,itmightbeabletoseethegiants’heads.So,withoutmentioninghererrand,thecrystalcreaturewenttothetreeand,bystickinghersharpglassclawsinthebark,easilyclimbedthetreetoitsverytopand,lookingovertheforest,sawthesixgiantheads,althoughtheywerenowalongwayoff.Itwas,indeed,aremarkablesight,forthehugeheadshadimmensesoldiercapsonthem,withredandyellowplumesandlookedveryfierceandterrible,althoughthemonkeyheartsofthegiantswereatthatmomentfilledwithfear.
Havingsatisfiedhercuriosity,theGlassCatbegantoclimbdownfromthetreemoreslowly.SuddenlyshediscernedtheWizard’sblackbaghangingfromalimbofthetree.Shegraspedtheblackbaginherglassteeth,andalthoughitwasratherheavyforsosmallananimal,managedtogetitfreeandtocarryitsafelydowntotheground.
