[Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookTik-Tok of Oz CHAPTER Twenty-Two 3/12
That is, pie and cake, cheese and crackers, and nuts and raisins.
The Three-Course Nuts are not all exactly alike in flavor or in contents, but they are all good and in each one may be found a complete three-course dinner." "But how about breakfasts ?" inquired Betsy. "Why, there are Breakfast Trees for that, which grow over there at the right.
They bear nuts, like the others, only the nuts contain coffee or chocolate, instead of soup; oatmeal instead of meat-and-potatoes, and fruits instead of dessert.
Sad as has been my life in this wonderful prison, I must admit that no one could live more luxuriously in the best hotel in the world than I have lived here; but I will be glad to get into the open air again and see the good old sun and the silvery moon and the soft green grass and the flowers that are kissed by the morning dew.
Ah, how much more lovely are those blessed things than the glitter of gems or the cold gleam of gold!" "Of course," said Betsy.
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