Ali Bongo

摘要

Call Ali Bongo! Strike up "In a Persian Market"! On he capers, knock-kneed, curly-shoed, spindly-legged in awful black tights, like something out of the Beano! A big feather bobbing in his turban-fez, huge glasses askew, and his false moustaches flying! A yellow tube under his arm; waves the wand, sprinkles the dust, pulls out pink flowers, blue flowers, green flowers, till the tree is ten feet tall! Takes a sparkling hoop; blows on it, waves it, it turns into a square! Hides a bottle under a cylinder; can't get it to disappear; tries a new wand, sprinkles the dust, dances about; seizes the cylinder, sticks his arm right through, pulls out a string of flags, a bunch of flowers, a live white wriggling rabbit, a pair of knickerbockers, the bottle! Bows to rapturous applause!