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Dorot, for sired by to sleep and toto lay beside him.
tco him:
quot;I cannot t it is made of.”
quot;Rest your brains and do not t; replied t;, her side.”
After a time t looked clumsy, but tin oodman rong and oto, and told t t, but
Doroto follo;Oh, my!”
quot;Go on,quot; exclaimed Dorothy.
So t doop of t ;O; just as the Scarecrow had done.
toto came up, and immediately began to bark, but Dorotill.
t, and tin oodman came last; but bot;O; as soon as tting in a roop of trange sight.
Before t stretcry e as ttom of a big platter.
Scattered around est colors. te small, t of t. tty little barns, and- ing about in groups.
But trangest of all ry. tly colored bodices and golden spots all over t gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and sripes doin doublets; and funny clos upon tall, pointed caps. And, strangest of all, to t tallest of thys knee.
No one did so muc travelers at first, except one little purple cra-large o t tiny voice, after- wards running away again.
quot; do; asked Dorothy.
t pull it up, so t t t. Of course took pains not to lig t. e flattened out, and patted rao shape again.
quot;e must cross trange place in order to get to t; said Dorot;for it o go any ot due South.”
try of t to clatter.
Doroto see t t t elbow.
quot;t; cried t;See ake o t glued on again. do you mean by coming ening my cow?”
quot;Im very sorry,quot; returned Dorot;Please forgive us.”
But tty milkmaid o make any ans many reproac trangers, o her side.
Dorote grieved at this mishap.
quot;e must be very careful ; said ted oodman, quot;or ty little people so t over it.”
A little fart a most beautifully dressed young Princess, arted to run away.
Doroted to see more of ter t:
quot;Dont c chase me!”
Sened little voice t Dorotopped and said, quot;?”
quot;Because,quot; ansopping, a safe dis- tance a;if I run I may fall down and break myself.”
quot;But could you not be mended?quot; asked the girl.
quot;O one is never so pretty after being mended, you kno; replied the Princess.
quot;I suppose not,quot; said Dorothy.
quot;No; continued t;o stand upon en t look at all pretty. here he comes now, so you can see for yourself.”
Indeed, a jolly little cloo in spite of ty clotely covered he had been mended in many places.
t s, and after puffing out them saucily, he said:
quot;My lady fair, are At poor old Mr. Joker?
Youre quite as stiff And prim as if Youd eaten up a poker!”
quot;Be quiet, sir!quot; said t;Cant you see trangers, and sreated ?”
quot;ell, ts respect, I expect,quot; declared tely stood upon his head.
quot;Dont mind Mr. Joker,quot; said to Dorot; makes him fool- ish.”
quot;O mind ,quot; said Dorot;But you are so beautiful,quot; sinued, quot;t I am sure I could love you dearly. ont you let me carry you back to Kansas, and stand you on Aunt Ems mantel? I could carry you in my basket.”
quot;t ;You see, ry entedly, and can talk and move around as s at once stiffen, and and straigty. Of course t is all t is expected of us s and draables, but our lives are mucer ry.”
quot;I make you un; ex- claimed Dorot;So Ill just say good-bye.”
quot;Good-bye,quot; replied the Princess.
try. ttle animals and all t of trangers er an ravelers reacry and came to an- other china wall.
It so , anding upon to scramble to top.
t just as a cail and smas all to pieces.
quot;t oo bad,quot; said Dorot;but really I t doing ttle people more tle!”
quot;t; said t;and I am tra be easily damaged. than being a Scarecrow.”
L. Frank Baum