Pandora Gets Greedy (2012)
“Then came twelve thousand red and orange butterflies in a large teak crate, twenty trained monkeys, three alligators, thirty lion cubs, ten snow leopards from the slopes of the mountains in the Far East, ten black swans, and an entire family of tame white tigers. The forty elephants were tethered together in the courtyard.
“Tigers, check,” Varinia said, referring to her master list. “Elephants, check. Jugglers, acrobats, mimes, and fire-eaters have all checked in. Good. Now we’re just waiting f...or the two exotic Asian dancers with the fifteen-foot yellow python.”
“Oh … well, naturally,” sighed Balbina, surveying her once spotless marble floors.
Pandy and Alcie worked like never before, moving furniture, smashing walnuts and dates, kneading pastry dough, milking goats, polishing floors, setting out cushions, picking up swan poop, feeding elephants, beating rugs. And, all the while, glancing furtively to each other. When they had taken the second sack of bread into the food-preparation room, Balbina had found only the long loaves; no rolls with candied violets.MoreLess
“Tigers, check,” Varinia said, referring to her master list. “Elephants, check. Jugglers, acrobats, mimes, and fire-eaters have all checked in. Good. Now we’re just waiting f...or the two exotic Asian dancers with the fifteen-foot yellow python.”
“Oh … well, naturally,” sighed Balbina, surveying her once spotless marble floors.
Pandy and Alcie worked like never before, moving furniture, smashing walnuts and dates, kneading pastry dough, milking goats, polishing floors, setting out cushions, picking up swan poop, feeding elephants, beating rugs. And, all the while, glancing furtively to each other. When they had taken the second sack of bread into the food-preparation room, Balbina had found only the long loaves; no rolls with candied violets.MoreLess
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