use it against o do so.

    ttle girl, seeing s one of ty so tc;Give me back my shoe!”

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    quot;You are a ure!quot; cried Dorot;You  to take my shoe from me.”

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    t s of er t stood near and das over tcting o foot.

    Instantly t co shrink and fall away.

    quot;See e I s away.”

    quot;Im very sorry, indeed,quot; said Dorotruly frigo see tcually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes.

    quot;Didnt you knoer ; asked tch, in a wailing, despairing voice.

    quot;Of course not,quot; ans;how should I?”

    quot;ell, in a fees I sed, and you o yourself. I  I never t a little girl like you o melt me and end my ?ahere I go!”

    itced, so spread over tc sed ao not of er and t over t it all out ter pick- ing out t  of t  it on  again. t last free to do as s to tyard to tell t tc o an end, and t trange land.

    L. Frank Baum