che people dance.

    ;You must be a great sorceress.”

    quot;; asked the girl.

    quot;Because you ce.”

    quot;My dress is blue and  t.

    quot;It is kind of you to ,quot; said Boq. quot;Blue is te is tcch.”

    Dorot knoo say to to tctle girl range land.

    ired co tty bed in it.

    ts  soundly in till morning, oto curled up on the blue rug beside her.

    Se a y breakfast, and coto and pulled ail and croly amused Dorototo y to all they had never seen a dog before.

    quot; to ty?quot; the girl asked.

    quot;I do not kno; ans;for I  is better for people to keep a it is a long o ty, and it ake you many days. try , but you must pass the end of your journey.”

    ttle, but s only t Oz could  to Kansas again, so s to turn back.

    Sarted along t sop to rest, and so climbed to top of t do cornfield beyond t far ahe ripe corn.

    Dorot- fully at ts uffed raed on it to represent a face. An old, pointed blue , t o some Munc of t of clotuffed ra s ops, sucry, and talks of corn by means of tuck up its back.

    ly into ted face of to see   one of t  s aken at first, for none of t presently ts o o it, o ran around the pole and barked.

    quot;Good day,quot; said ther husky voice.

    quot;Did you speak?quot; asked the girl, in wonder.

    quot;Certainly,quot; ans;how do you do?”

    quot;Im pretty ; replied Dorotely.

    quot;how do you do?”

    quot;Im not feeling ; said t;for it is very tedious being perc