Now, Ann had not forgotten when her birthday came, for that meant a party and feasting and dancing, but she had quite forgotten how many years the birthdays marked. In a land where people live always, this is not considered a cause for regret, so we may justly say that Queen Ann of Oogaboo was old enough to make jelly—and let it go at that.
From: L. Frank Baum, Tik-Tok of Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Britton, 1914.
Illustrations: John R. Neill
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