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For a while the Frogman walked on in silence. Then he asked, "Why do you
attach so much importance to a dishpan?"
"
It is the greatest treasure I possess," replied the woman. "It belonged to my
mother and to all my grandmothers since the beginning of time. It is, I
believe, the very oldest thing in all the Yip Country--or was while it was there--
and," she added, dropping her voice to an awed whisper, "it has magic
powers!"
"
In what way?" inquired the Frogman, seeming to be surprised at this
statement.
"
Whoever has owned that dishpan has been a good cook, for one thing. No one
else is able to make such good cookies as I have cooked, as you and all the
Yips know. Yet the very morning after my dishpan was stolen, I tried to make
a batch of cookies and they burned up in the oven! I made another batch that
proved too tough to eat, and I was so ashamed of them that I buried them in
the ground. Even the third batch of cookies, which I brought with me in my
basket, were pretty poor stuff and no better than any woman could make who
does not own my diamond-studded gold dishpan. In fact, my good Frogman,
Cayke the Cookie Cook will never be able to cook good cookies again until her
magic dishpan is restored to her."
"
In that case," said the Frogman with a sigh, "I suppose we must manage to
find it."
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