Chapter 29

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌⁠The Flathers' family was indulging in a birthday party. The table, set in the bedroom so that Chick might participate, was decorated at one end by a gorgeous pink cake, bearing a single candle, and at the other by Loreny herself, blue of eye, and chubby of cheek, who crawled triumphantly about among the dishes, bestowing equal attention on the sugar bowl and the molasses jug, only pausing to emit