Волшебство страны Оз
20. The Monkeys Have Trouble
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However,theGlassCatcouldnotseeorhear,andtoavoidcarryingheronthejourneytheWizardpickedthemudoutofhereyesandearsandDorothydampenedherhandkerchiefandwashedboththeeyesandearsclean.
AssoonasshecouldspeaktheGlassCataskedindignantly:"Aren’tyougoingtopunishthosemonkeysforplayingsuchatrickonme?"
"No,"answeredtheWizard."Youplayedatrickonthembypullingtheirtails,sothisisonlytit-for-tat,andI’mgladthemonkeyshadtheirrevenge."
Hewouldn’tallowtheGlassCattogonearthewater,towashherself,butmadeherfollowthemwhentheyresumedtheirjourneytowardtheEmeraldCity.
"Thisisonlypartofyourpunishment,"saidtheWizard,severely."Ozmawilllaughatyou,whenwegettoherpalace,andsowilltheScarecrow,andtheTinWoodman,andTik-Tok,andtheShaggyMan,andButton-Bright,andthePatchworkGirl,and—"
"AndthePinkKitten,"addedDorothy.
ThatsuggestionhurttheGlassCatmorethananythingelse.ThePinkKittenalwaysquarreledwiththeGlassCatandinsistedthatfleshwassuperiortoglass,whiletheGlassCatwouldjeeratthePinkKitten,becauseithadnopinkbrains.Butthepinkbrainswerealldaubedwithbluemud,justnow,andifthePinkKittenshouldseetheGlassCatinsuchacondition,itwouldbedreadfullyhumiliating.
ForseveralhourstheGlassCatwalkedalongverymeekly,buttowardnoonitseizedanopportunitywhennoonewaslookinganddartedawaythroughthelonggrass.Itrememberedthattherewasatinylakeofpurewaternearby,andtothislaketheCatspedasfastasitcouldgo
