Изумрудный город страны Оз
28. How They Drank at the Forbidden Fountain
ButtherewerestillthePhanfasmsandWhimsiesandGrowleywogsstandingaroundingroups,andtheyweresomanythattheyfilledthegardensandtrampledupontheflowersandgrassbecausetheydidnotknowthatthetenderplantswouldbeinjuredbytheirclumsyfeet.Butinallotherrespectstheywereperfectlyharmlessandplayedtogetherlikechildrenorgazedwithpleasureupontheprettysightsoftheroyalgardens.
AftercounselingwiththeScarecrowOzmasentOmbyAmbytothepalacefortheMagicBelt,andwhentheCaptainGeneralreturnedwithittheRulerofOzatonceclaspedthepreciousBeltaroundherwaist.
"Iwishallthesestrangepeople--theWhimsiesandtheGrowleywogsandthePhanfasms--safebackintheirownhomes!"shesaid.
Itallhappenedinatwinkling,forofcoursethewishwasnosoonerspokenthanitwasgranted.
Allthehostsoftheinvadersweregone,andonlythetrampledgrassshowedthattheyhadeverbeenintheLandofOz.
