Fantasy fiction; Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction
"He does, he does," asserted Lady Cue wagging her head. "I did it for
him once, but somehow the creases ran zig-zag and he looked like he was
corrugated. It is my opinion, though," Lady Cue added in a confidential
whisper, "that he wears a poor quality garment."
Lady Cue turned and started off down one of the smaller corridors.
Twink, Tom, and Twiffle followed her, at which Lady Cue stopped and
looked at them with a puzzled expression. "Did you wish to see me?" she
asked.
"You were taking us to our rooms," reminded Twiffle.
"I was?" exclaimed Lady Cue greatly surprised. "Well, then you just
show me where your rooms are and I will be glad to take you to them."
"But you were supposed to show _us_ to our rooms," said Tom.
"I was? Oh, dear, this is confusing," said Lady Cue.
"Have you no idea where our rooms are, Madame?" asked Twiffle.
"I wouldn't say that," replied Lady Cue. "I did have a very good idea,
but it seems I mislaid it somewhere. There are so very many rooms you
know--and any one of them might be yours, if only there weren't so many
other people in the castle. That's what we must be careful about, you
know. You will want your very own rooms, won't you? I don't think you
would want to share rooms with someone else, would you, maybe?"
All the time they were wandering from corridor to corridor while Lady
Cue became more and more unsure of her bearings.
At last she stopped and said hopelessly, "You'll have to pardon me, my
friends, but I am afraid I am lost. I haven't the faintest idea where
we are."
"What shall we do?" asked Twink.
"I have it," said Lady Cue. "I will pin my handkerchief to this door,"
and she indicated a door opposite them, "so that we can't get more
lost. Whenever we pass this door with the handkerchief on it, we will
know exactly where we are."
"And where will that be?" asked Twiffle.
"Why, where the handkerchief is, of course," replied Lady Cue. With
that Lady Cue reached in her pocket and pulled out a large linen napkin
that bore traces of food on it.
"Oh, dear," she exclaimed. "I seem to have picked this up at luncheon.
How thoughtless of me." She advanced to the door, and removing a large
safety pin from the front of her dress, carefully pinned the napkin to
the door.
"Whose rooms are these?" asked Twiffle.
"I haven't the faintest idea," replied Lady Cue.
"Why not open the door and find out?" pursued Twiffle.
"Why not?" echoed Lady Cue as she turned the knob and pushed open the
door. They all stepped inside. There was no sign of any occupants
of the room. The closets were all empty and there were no personal
articles about. The suite consisted of a large, beautifully furnished
living room, with doors leading to two comfortable bedrooms with baths.
"Why can't we use these rooms?" asked Twiffle.
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