Children were built of much fewer Slices of Cake than the Grown-ups
Here the Chief Contractor again made a very strong objection.
"It's important," he said, "that every year on their birthdays we should insert a slice of cake in these little girls so that they should grow tall enough to suit their age."
In the somewhat embarrassed silence which followed, Smaly discovered why the Wigs had such short legs and such long bodies.
"Of course, that is it," he said to himself; "each year on their birthdays somebody adds another tart or slice of cake to them, and they grow taller."
These Creatures will eat the Top off the Walls
He glanced out of the window and saw that this was indeed so, that the children were built of much fewer slices of cake than the grown-ups.
The Chief Contractor now made a second objection.