Ray helped Dorothy up and at the same time took up the broken piece of ice and put it in his mouth. “O Dorothy,” said Ray, taking it out again, “take a suck of this ice, it’s perfectly lovely.”
When Dorothy had tasted, she exclaimed, “Why, Ray, it isn’t ice at all, it’s lovely lemon candy!” It was true; they were skating on a pond of the most delicious lemon candy in the world.
“Let’s not skate any longer,” said Dorothy, “let’s just sit down and eat it.”
Down they sat and broke off pieces of the ice, and enjoyed themselves until they couldn’t eat any more. They arose from the pond, and when they had taken off their skates, they started to walk over the glistening snow. They passed several ponds of different-colored ice and every one of them was a pond of candy. They walked on the ponds to sample each kind and found orange, peppermint, checkerberry and many other flavors.
As they walked towards the beautiful trees, they came to a very large one.
“Isn’t it the most beautiful tree you ever saw?” exclaimed Dorothy.
“Yes, it is,” said Ray. “I wonder who Santa Claus means it for!”
“I don’t know,” replied Dorothy, “perhaps we’ll find out.”
“Just see that lovely red sled up there!” cried Ray, clapping his hands. “It’s just what I want,” he said with glee. “O Dorothy, do look, it says on the side of it ‘Dart.’”
“Yes, yes,” answered Dorothy, dancing about, “but look at that beautiful doll near the top; isn’t she lovely?”