Toula is an African, ebony-hued cook, who falls asleep in the kitchen and has a weird dream. She finds herself at the table, cutting a turnip into slices. When she throws them into a pan an ugly, grimacing head comes up; horrified, she ...See moreToula is an African, ebony-hued cook, who falls asleep in the kitchen and has a weird dream. She finds herself at the table, cutting a turnip into slices. When she throws them into a pan an ugly, grimacing head comes up; horrified, she tries the other vegetables, but with each there is a different kind of horror. Puzzled, she looks about for some cause, but she sees only how all the furniture and utensils take life and begin to hop and prance about her. In a frenzy she tries to quiet the commotion but cannot. Suddenly above the stove she sees a gigantic tomato, against which a ladder is leaning on each side; by this means two white-capped chefs climb to the top, and with a long lumber saw set about the task of cutting the huge tomato. Now she goes to the oven, and on opening it sees a beautiful tableau of girls. Again and again she repeats the operation, and each time there is a different view, acrobats, ballet, tableaux and floral sets. Suddenly the furniture begins to hop about again and the cook falls exhausted into a chair. Her mistress now returns and awakens her; the wench comes to with a start and is immediately terrified. The mystified madam goes to the ovens, only to find everything burned to a crisp. Written by
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