The Patchwork Girl of Oz

eet th

d here, after all," remarked Ojo, after

but rather the road of yellow bricks. Won't it be funny t

low in this country," asserted t

all your brains, and your red heart and

f you must know it

You'd give your whiskers for a love

e clearest complexion in the world, and

don't," s

ey, and quarreling makes me discouraged. To be brave, one must

n directly across the road and enclosed a small forest of tall trees, set close together. When the group of adventurers peere

ade a bend and passed around the enclosure, but what made Ojo st

OF THE

e that fence, and the Woozy must be a dangerous an

h is outside the fence, and Mr. Woozy may have al

Ojo explained. "The Magician wants me to ge

. "This one is ugly and dangerous, or they wouldn't cage h

sign doesn't say: 'Beware a Woozy'; it says: 'Beware the Woo

Very likely if we ask him politely to let us pull thr

ure, and that would make

work Girl; "for if there is danger you can clim

danger must be faced, if we intend to save poo

ore easy than he had expected. When they got to the top of the fence they began to get down on the other

g the way, and wandered through the trees until they were nearly in the cente

ure, but when Ojo saw the cave he k

east, which you have never seen even a picture of. So there is little wonder that the pulses of the Munchkin boy beat fa

," said Scraps. "Shall I thr

d Ojo, his voice trembling

came trotting out of his cave. As this is the only Woozy that has ever

uth was formed by the opening of the lower edge of the block. The body of the Woozy was much larger than its head, but was likewise block-shaped-being twice as long as it was wide and high. The tail was square and stubby and perfectly straight, and the four legs were made in the same way, each bein

his hind legs as if they had been hinge

e to annoy me, but I am relieved to find you in their stead. It is plain to me that you are a remarkable group-as remarkab

d Scraps, who was regarding the queer

which the Munchkin farmers who live

ating honey-bees?"

did not like to lose their bees and so they trie

y n

o hurt me. So, finding they could not destroy me, they drove me

you eat now

sses and creeping vines, but they don't seem to suit my taste. S

y. "I've got some bread and cheese in my

I can tell you better whether it is grat

loaf of bread. He tossed it toward the Woozy, who cle

d," declared the a

" said Ojo, and t

too, and smacked i

good!" it excla

oozy bread and cheese for a long time; for, no matter how much

st; "I'm quite full. I hope the str

said Ojo. "It'

ad you came," announced the beast. "Is there a

u have it in your power to do

e Woozy. "Name the fav

the tip of your tail," said

I have-on my tail or anywher

I want them

ature," said the Woozy, uneasily. "If I give

c Nunkie and Margolotte, and how the three hairs were to be a part of the magic charm that would restore

So you may have the three hairs, and welcome. I think, under

h," cried the boy, joyfully. "

like," answe

f one of the hairs began to pull. He pulled harder. He

Ojo had dragged here and there all around the

e," said the

declared the beast. "You

boy's side. "You pull the hair, and I'll pull y

and hugged it with its front paws, so that its body couldn'

waist and added her strength to his. But the hair wouldn't budge. Instead, it slipped out of Ojo's hands and h

chwork Girl to her feet. "A dozen strong men couldn't pull out those hairs

ke these three hairs to the Crooked Magician, the other things I have come to seek

I guess," said th

't see that old Unc and Margolotte

was so disheartened that he sat

ked at the bo

en, when at last you get to the Magician's house, he c

joyed at thi

to his feet with a smile. "If I take the three hairs to the

in the least,"

his basket; "let us start at once. I hav

a little laugh and inqu

to get the beast

d them all

aps. So they walked through the forest to the fence, reaching it at

get in?" as

d over," a

as it flies; and I can jump very high, which is the reason they made such a tall fence to ke

to think w

dig?" h

My feet are quite flat on the bottom of them. No

rible creature, after

er all through the valleys and woodlands, and children tremble with fear, and women cover their heads with their apron

owl, then," begg

angry do I utter my fearful, ear-splitting, soul-shuddering growl.

ire?" a

se they'd flash imitation fire?" in

e made of wood, and if the Woozy stands close to the fence and lets his eyes flash fire, they m

have been free long ago," said the Woozy. "But I ca

y 'bout something,

just say 'Krizz

you angry?" in

ibly

it mean?" a

what makes me so ang

izzle-Kroo!" The Woozy began to tremble with anger and small sparks darted from his eyes. Seeing this, they all cried "Krizzle-Kroo!" together, and that made the beas

thought for you to yell all together, for that made me

ks," replied Scr

ng an opening big enough for them all to pass through. Ojo broke some bran

tract the attention of the Munchkin farmers, who would then come and capture th

n they find I'm gone the farmers will be badly scared, for th

at you must promise not to eat honey

e at

ford to have any more trouble than is necessary. I'll feed you

, cheerfully. "And when I promise anythin

tchwork Girl, as they found the path and continued their

d trust that Crooked Magician, for instance, just because he is crook

rooked," said Scraps, look

ed the Woozy. "Do not blame me, Miss Gorgeous, if I regard

tton back herself. It would settle down, at times, and make her squat and dumpy,