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Show THE WONDERLAND By L. FRANK BAUM OF OZ Thee remark were greeted with ahout of laughter by th impiah creatuiee and auddehiy arm and waa one of them seized the Scarecrow astonished to find the atraw man whirl around ao o the Totlenhdt raied the 8 areerow iisij head t. high !nthe air and losaed hinv over theloaned him the rrowd Someone caught him and bark. and wo wlh ahouta of glee they continued the game. "Who are you! asked Dorothy, a the queer creatures clustered around them. TV r Totten-hot- s 'Teplted one. who was evidently the leader And we sleep alt day and play all night " "Glad td meet you Tottenhot-.- " aaid the Scarecrow. solBut you muant expert ua to jay with emnly. traveed all day and acme you ail night. for I should aay not, Wild Scrap. Hred. ua are of "Go way. all of you " ee Presently another Imp aetxed Scrap and began to throw her about In the eaine way. They round her a little heat ier than the Scarecrow, but atm Ight enough to.be toased ahout like a anfa cushion and thev were enjowne thla aport Immensely when Dorothv. angry and Indignant at the treatment her fr.en Is were receiving, rushed among the Totteohots ar began slapping and pushing them until she hed rescued Jier friends. Scraps and the Scarecrow were eoon aaf at her a.de At for the lit'le brow n folk, thrv eemed i 'at b, :g atlackfd bv the gti ail mu I h one or two of them who had teen Siapof I the. hardest began to cry Then auddenH' V'n iga e in a , teh dicj awhout ai ugoihn and w ! o - of ho h dosed into their laiuu.i. In i -. n I di ke a bunrh wtlh a senes or "pm ft of firecrackers begmg exploded. -- nu.-p- r. .iic-r- . t- ei v i "but - didn't hurt me much." Just then the roofthayof the house In front of them ppened and the man who teemed to be the leader stuck. hie bead out - very cautiously and looked at the etrangera. "Cant youtake a JokeT he asked, reproaeh- "Haven't you any tun in yon at all f! "If fully walks-- -1 had ittrH a quality,' aald the Scarecrow. you fmg had sagged a good deal wit tribe davs T feel IS people have knocked It out of me. But I dont tng and theyva loosened it Up Until bear grudges. I forgive you. plump aa a aauaage T1,J adventurers how found themselves alone. "Vot ,n(j Borothy asked- "In anybody hurt They hate given me answered the Fcarecrow In my at raw a good shaking up and I am now Tot- to the emtTraltjrobllged condition eplcndld ton hots for their kmd treatment" "1 feel much "My cotton atuf- tha tame svav, aald Scrap T No ona disturbed lha travelera until morning, when In popped th Tottenhot who owned th place- - Aa they war preparing to leare. Dorothy aeked: ""Can you tell ua where there "Never heard of auch a thing Is a dark well Does anyone live on replied the Tottenhot. asked the 8care-erothus mountain the reply- - "But "Lot of people, you d better not vlelt them. We never go there. beyond here "-- ' t w. "81 of 'them aat on me" aald Ojo. What are the people .Ike? Dorothy Inquired "Can't any; Weve- - been told to keep away from the mountain path and wo wa obey . This sandy desert is good enough for up and wera not disturbed here. declared the Tottenhot. So they left the man snuggling down to out into sleep In hi dusky dwelling and the sunshine again. Then they started up th path that led toward tha pocky places. eh -"If you'll let. us geflnlo vour hu-"go do L added Scrap, "if you behave; until da light, you and ronlmteu -the aald not the question. That yourselves "Thats a can play outside ailyon want to Thla la our time and he Suva Tottenhot. "Will you behave tred Ihs Toilenholiclr-ns'r'i' at nr queer Whistr Ihat bro ha prop e popping to play. Th Slapping hurt Ilk auty-eea . on nii 4ee the. bourse of their a out my folk era atlll crying about IL So her was vai in' i!o lowered lmneeif dow n and "houe " let and T well ua you alone Tou let a proposition. The re sof ruck not very deep found it alone" "Tou began It, oald Dorothy ""ell ton aii v r emd-bcM'aiurpRlfi" So Dorothy and entered-and Scarecrow followed wa the we wmt't "so by was the argn. S. reply, you ended It, "Tell you what," said Dorothy rape, who w shed to get out of tha ToUenhel'-wa- y. May w come out , "w want to sleep until morning. - tre bwr-gti- e, Th-n, su T climbing. for tha rocks wart untreo and full of sharp point and ds4 mn now thert waa no path at an Clam baring har and there among the bauMert they kept ataadlly on gradually rfc in? h si t and hInah a a grant rift or until finally 4 hag tamo to part of tho mountain fwharc the jwk hare apttt in two and left two high walla on Thf noon found ft hard v i Stoppoa w w?? we go thla way upgeMrd Dor-Ofh- T t o mb easier wIkng t 'IthiiKmuch "Howftusf ahot an' aked ehe v?u re J The M mchutn Ojo ' Mhil ign hoy pointed to eonje word panted on the wai k tw'tde them whj h lorothv hat of tck -- vok Tad noticed Thww-itT ic jrLl crd-ih- -a for aturned loth Sarec rqa. aaking or what La Toop! er 1 v -- t fr ol ia.JjpQpa |