ty Cry

    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