... easy to remove. When he presented himself once more at the door of the cottage, there was a feast spread out on the rough table—buttered and toasted biscuits spread with honey, iced cocoa with whipped cream, and a big square chocolate cake. Quite suddenly he remembered how far he had walked and how hungry he was and with equal suddenness forgot his pressing necessity for setting off again. He sat down on the three-legged stool that the Beeman offered him, sampled the hot biscuit and the cold drink, and breathed ... — The Windy Hill • Cornelia Meigs
... a chocolate cake taking the prize! Why don't you make ginger-bread and be done with it? That prize won't go to any common ... — Two Little Women • Carolyn Wells
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