Kabumpo in Oz
ing on the floor with his silver staff, while the guests politely inclined their heads just as if they had not heard the same announcement dozens of times before: “Oyez! Oyez! "Pompous the Proud And Pozv Pink, King and Queen Of Pumperdink— Way for the King And clear the floor, Way for our good Prince Pompadore. Way for the Elegant Elephant— Way For the King and the Queen and the Prince, I say!” So everybody wayed, which is to say they bowed, and down the center of the room swept Pompus, very fat and gorgeous in his purple robes and jeweled crown, and Pozy Pink, very stately and queenlike in her ermine cloak, and Prince Pompadore very straight and handsome! In fact, they looked exactly as a good old-fashioned royal family should. But Kabumpo, who swayed along grandly after the Prince —few royal families could boast of so royal and
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