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L Frank Baura s I THE TRUTH POND i I I Ah HAM cried the shaggy man Ing In to his feet teet with eager caser Joy weve found it at last Found round what asked Dorothy running run run- ning to h hm m. m Tho The Truth Pond Now tat t last bit I 1 Imay Imay may set get rid of ot this frightful head hud for tor forwe wo we were told you remember r I the Truth Pond Poud could to me memy memy my proper face Me too shouted Button Bright trotting up to them Of ot course said ald Dorothy Doroth It will m euro cure you you both both of ot your our bad bad heads heads I 1 found round i 1 ItT CU guess ss Isn't It luck lucky wo aro It It 1 J is Indeed replied the shaggy gy man I r I hated dreadfully to BO to to Princess Ozma looking like this thin and she's to have a birthday celebration too 1 I Ju Just t then a splash startled them for tor Dutton Button In his anxiety to see the pool that t would euro cure him hadt had I stepped too near the edge and tumbled tumble t 1 heels over head Into the water Down he went out of ot eight entirely so 50 th that t enly his sailor hat floated on the top of ot the Truth Pond I He Re soon bobbed up Ufo and the shaggy shaggy I man seized him b by his hi sailor collar andi and dragged him to the shore hore dripping I and ond gasping for breath Tho They all aU looked upon the boy wonderingly for forI forthe forthe the fox head with Its HR sharp nose none Mid and I pointed ears cars wn t cone ione and In Its Us place appeared tn the chu chubby by round face fuce and ami blue eyes cye and anal pretty prett url earls that hart had I belonged to Button Bright before King Icing Box Dox of ot transformed him Oh Ob what hat a darling cried Polly I and md would have o hugged the tho little one had he not been so wet Their joyful exclamations made the child rub the wale wate out of his C eyes HI and look at nt his friends questioningly questioning Youre all right now dean Rl Dorothy Come Comp and nd look at your self She J led d him to the tho pool and although t there wera stilt still a few fow ripples on tho the surface of oC the water he could see his reflection pI plainly tnt Its me mt ho lie said eald In a pleased yet awed awod whisper Course Courso It is 18 Is replied the tho gIrla girl a and nd were we're pro all as glad l as IS you are Button Dutton Welt Well announced the shaggy man Its It I m my turn next lIe He took off ocr his sha shaggy IY coat and laid It on OR the grass craps and dived head first Into nto no Truth Pond When he came up the dOnke donkey head had disappeared and the shaggy mans man's own shaggy head was IS In Its place with vUlt tho the water dripping In little from Crom his hi shaggy y whiskers whisker He Ht scrambled scrambled scram scram- bled ashore and shook hook himself to to get getoff getoff off ort some of ot the wet and then leaped ped I over the tho pool to look Jook admiringly at athis athis his hb reflected face I I ms may not be strictly beautiful I even oven now he raid to his hI companions who wAtch watched d him with smiling faces tocos but Im I'm so 80 mu much h handsomer than an any donkey that I feel teel as proud as I can be Youre all nU rl right Shaggy Man declared de do- dared Dorothy Doroth t And Button Bright Is all right too So lets let's thank the Truth Pond rond for tor being boIn so BO nice and start on our journey ot of the Emerald City I r I hato to leave loave It It murmured the shaggy shag man with a II sigh A truth pond wouldn't bo be a had thing thin to carry around with us But ho put on his coat and started with the others in to search of ot some ont one to direct them on their way They Thoy had not walked tar far far across the flower meadows when they came upon a Do fine tine road tending leading toward the tho northwest and winding gracefully among the tho pretty prett yellow hills That way wa said Dorothy Doroth must mut t the the he be the direction of or the Emerald City Wed We'd cd better follow the road rond until wo we o meet some one or c come me to a house houst This The sun gun un soon dried Button Button sailor saltor suit and tho the shaggy J y mans man's shaggy clothes and so 80 pleased were they at retraining their own heads head that lh y did not mind at al all the brief did did- of oC Bolting gatting wet wel Its ocd to he able abl to lo whistle agal agal agaJ remarked the shaggy shar-IY man than for Cor tUl SC donkey lips were so thick I could not a note noto with them He a n une as merrily as an any bird birc look 1001 more natural at Dot tho birthday celebration too said Doro- Doro tr try happy In seeing her friends so happy happ Polychrome was dancing ahead in I her usual manner whirling gaily Along the smooth level road she passed from sight around the curve cure of ot one of oC tho the Suddenly they heard her exclaim Oh Ohl I and she appeared a again ln t w. fd them at full speed Sl the matter Polly PoUy asked Dorothy Doroth perplexed perplex There Ther was no need for tor the Rainbows Rainbow's Rainbows Rainbow's Rainbows Rainbow's Rain Rain- bows bow's Daughter to answer for Cor turning the tho bend In tho tho road there came ad advancing advancing ad- ad slow slowly toward them a funny tunny round man made of burnished cO copper fer gleaming l rightly brightly In the sun un Perched on In the copper nU mans man's ns n's shoulder sat at H t A hen with fluffy flurry feathers and a peen pear necklace around around her throat thront Oh TIl tok tok cried Dorothy runn running r forward When she ahr lh came cIma to fO hm him the th copper nun man lifted d th the little r ri I Ir i rI r- r I 60 6 0 I I i 1 ec e- e c w. w o I Ir I r J r ati t n-t 1 F FI n I w rile Shaggy Mans Man 1 n. I Own On JI Head Hl n d. d girl Irl In his copper arms and kissed her I cheek cheek with his copper lipe lip Oh DillIn cried crier Dorothy In fn Ina Ina I a glad slad voice and the yellow hen lien JeW flow to her arms to be lugged hugged hu and md petted b by turns turn The Tho others WHo were curiously around the tho group and the tho girl said ahl to tl em- em ems Ito Ho Ito tok TU-tok end and and oh Im I'm so 80 glad to see them KJ again come Wei to Oz Ox said ald the copper copperman copperman man In a n monotonous voice Dorothy sat at right down In tho the road N the yellow hen In her arms and be began be stan Jan to stroke back Said tho the hen porot Dorothy h dear dar Ive I've some eora wonderful wonder ful news to tell you Tell It quick said the tho girl gIrt Just then Toto who had been growling to himself In a cross WA way gave ae a sharp bark and flew at tho the yellow elloW hen who aho h ruffled raffled her ller feathers and let lct out ouch an angry screech that Dorothy Doroth was startled Stop Slop Toto Ioto Stop that this minute minute minute min min- ute she screamed Cant Cont Can you ou sec see that Is my friend In n spite of oC this thin had oho sho not grabbed Toto quick quickly b by the neck tho little littledog dog do would have done the yellow hen hena henn a n mischief and even cven now ho he struggled madly madl- to escape Dorothys Dorothy's grasp rasp She Sho slapped lapped his ears cars onto oneo or twice and told him to behave and tho the yellow yellow yel yel- low hen flew to tok's TIk s shoulder again where she knew knet she sho was safe What a brute croaked glaring down dOn down at lot the little litHo do dog Toto Isn't a brute replied Do Doro Dorothy Doroth Doro- Doro oth o- o th thy hut at nt home Uncle Henry Has Hasto Hasto hasto to whip him sometimes for tor chasIng the chickens N Now w. w look here Toto sh she added holding up her finger finger and speaking sternly to 0 him youve got gotto gotto gotto to understand that Is Isone one of ot m my dearest t friends and mustn't be hurt now hurt now or eVer ever I Toto wagged his tall as If It ho he un un- un Tho The miserable thing cant can't talk said na Bill with a sneer Yes he can replied Dorothy he talks talkA with his tall tail and I know everything he h. says sas If If you wag your Tour tall taU ou you wouldn't need Words to talk with Nonsense said It Isn't at all Just now Toto Tolo says ho's hos sorry and that hell he'll try to love Jove you for tor my sake Dont Don't you ou Toto wow Bow said Toto wagging his tall lall again But nut l' l Ive I've such wonderful news for fop torf you f Dorothy cr cried cd d the yellow lIo hen lien 1 I vo ye Walt Wait a t minute dear 1111 interrupts Interrupted the 1110 little girl Ive 1 got ot to Introduce I you all nil first That's manners This tur turning turning to her hor traveling com com- pantone Is Mr Ir tok Tik-tok who works by machinery cause his thoughts wIndup wind windup u up and his talk tolk winds up and his hilS action winds up up like like a clock Do they all nil wind up together asked cd the shaggy hagGY manNo manNo manNo man No each one separate But Dut he works Just Jove lovely and tok Tilt was wasa wasa a e. good friend to mo me once and saved my my life life and and 8 life lite too I Is Is ho he alive asked Button- Button Bright looking hard at the copper manOh manOh manOh man Oh no but his machinery makes him ju just t as good as aliye albe She turned to the copper man and said politely Mr Ir tok Tik-tok these are arc m my new new friends the tho Sha shag shaggy man an and Polly the Rainbows Rainbow's tr ter and Button Bright and To ly Toto Ian Isn't t a R. now friend Cau eau been boen to Oz Ox b before t re The Th f copper piatr bowed h w d low Jow re removing removing re- re moving his l copp copper r hat at as ho did so 80 Im I m vo-ry vo pleased to meet Dorothya Dorothys Dorothy's Dor- Dor o othy's r fr Here he stopped short Oh Ola I guess hl his speech needs windIng winding wind wind- Ing said aid tho the little girl running h.- h. b hind the copper man to got the key off ore a n hook at his back S She t wound him up at a place under his right arm armand armand and anti ho wont event on to says say w Par don Par on me for or run run-ning down I J Iwas Iwas was bout a-bout to say y I 1 am ant pleased pleas d to moot moet thy o s friends who must bo ho my friends The words were ver somewhat jerky but plain to under under- stand And this i is continued Dorothy Doroth introducing tho the yellow hen and tho they all bowed to her In turn l Ive such auch wonderful no news noVos salt said tho the hen turning her hor head so eo that one bright eye looked full at Dorothy What Is It It dear dearl naked asked tho I girl Ive Ivo hatched out ten tn of oC the loveli lovell- loveliest est cat chicks you ou ever er saw I Oh how nice And where are aro the they 1 I left them home But they're beauties r I assure assure- you ou and all wonderfully won won- clever Ive I've named them Dorothy Doroth Which one OM oner asked th the the- girl All AU of ot them replied runn runny funny Vh Why did you ou name thorn them all tho the same name It was so hard to toll them apart P Tt the hen Now when I call Dorothy they all come running to 10 me mo in a bunch hunch Its It's much easier titter after all 1 than having a n separate name namo for fer each Im just dying to see BOO em om llna said Dorothy Doroth eagerly But Buttell Buttell tell toll me my mv friends how did you vou happen to be here bore in the th Country of ot the Winkles tho the first of all aU to meet tweet ua yo Next Xe week eek you shall hear how ho Tt tok Tik-tok tole and came to meet our friends and of their visit to lo rick Nick Ick Chopper the he Tin fIn Woodman on their th way to the tho Emerald City Tho Thu Editor |