"Oh, I just want to see what it looks like," said Omo. "I never saw a Fountain of Riches before."
"Hum!" said the Doodab of Ootch. "That remark has a very jarring note in it. And what are you going to do after you've seen the Fountain of Riches?"
"Why," said Omo, "just—just look at it, of—of course."
"And what are you going to do after that?"
"Why—why, just—just keep on looking at it, I guess," responded the boy, hardly knowing what to say.
"Nonsense!" said the Doodab, "it won't do any good to keep on looking at it forever. And besides if you look at it too long the permit will run out. It only lasts three minutes."
"Three minutes!" exclaimed Omo. "Oh, I couldn't turn the fountain on and off, and gather up the gold pieces in three minutes." And then he clapped his hand to his mouth in dismay when he realized what he had said.
"Ah, ha!" said the Doodab of Ootch, rattling the bells on his toes. "So you're going to turn it on, eh?"
"Oh, ho!" said the Night Watchman. "And how in the world did you find out how to turn it on?"
"Oh, I found out!" replied the boy.