But how surprised were the boy and girl, when they came nearer, to find that the house was built of gingerbread, and ornamented with sweet cake sand tarts, while the window was formed of barley-sugar.
The Flora-Bama (for its location at the Florida-Alabama state line) restaurant is perched between the island's lone strip of highway and a beach where the sand is white as sugar.
The five-star villas have individual waterfalls, while hammocks swing lazily between huge palms, over white sugarsand and a green sea streaked with sapphire.