Father Snail could not speak, he was too much affected; and so they gave them as a dowry and inheritance, the whole forest of burdocks, and said--what they had always said--that it was the best in the world; and if they lived honestly and decently, and increased and multiplied, they and their children would once in the course of time come to the manor-house, be boiled black, and laid on silver
dishes. After this speech was made, the old ones crept into their shells, and never more came out.
It has taken me nearly six years to prepare these precious grains of dust, but the little heap on that
dish is worth the price of a kingdom and many a king would give all he has to possess it.
She answered "All right, Ethan," and he heard her singing over the
dishes as he went.
I have selected a few
dishes, and made out a little bill of fare, which will go home in the steamer that precedes me, and be hot when I arrive--as follows:
"That big
dish that is smoking farther off," said Sancho, "seems to me to be an olla podrida, and out of the diversity of things in such ollas, I can't fail to light upon something tasty and good for me."
The table was comfortably laid - no silver in the service, of course - and at the side of his chair was a capacious dumb-waiter, with a variety of bottles and decanters on it, and four
dishes of fruit for dessert.
He looked to see if the
dish of beans was still there; the
dish of beans had disappeared.
Alice had seated herself on the bank of a little brook, with the great
dish on her knees, and was sawing away diligently with the knife.
AND instead of a nice
dish of minnows--they had a roasted grasshopper with lady-bird sauce; which frogs consider a beautiful treat; but I think it must have been nasty!
There were several other
dishes on the table, all carefully covered, and when the time came to remove these covers they found bread and butter, cakes, cheese, pickles and fruits--including some of the luscious strawberries of Oz.
When the meal was ended Anne came out of her reverie and offered to wash the
dishes.
And Natasha began rapidly taking out of the case
dishes and plates wrapped in paper.