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22. How the Wizard Found Dorothy
When they came to the signpost, there, to their joy, were the tents of the
Wizard pitched beside the path and the kettle bubbling merrily over the
fire. The Shaggy Man and Omby Amby were gathering firewood while
Uncle Henry and Aunt Em sat in their camp chairs talking with the
Wizard.
They all ran forward to greet Dorothy, as she approached, and Aunt Em
exclaimed: "Goodness gracious, child! Where have you been?"
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You've played hookey the whole day," added the Shaggy Man,
reproachfully.
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Well, you see, I've been lost," explained the little girl, "and I've tried
awful hard to find the way back to you, but just couldn't do it."
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Did you wander in the forest all day?" asked Uncle Henry.
You must be a'most starved!" said Aunt Em.
No," said Dorothy, "I'm not hungry. I had a wheelbarrow and a piano for
breakfast, and lunched with a King."
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Ah!" exclaimed the Wizard, nodding with a bright smile. "So you've been
having adventures again."
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She's stark crazy!" cried Aunt Em. "Whoever heard of eating a
wheelbarrow?"
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It wasn't very big," said Dorothy; "and it had a zuzu wheel."
And I ate the crumbs," said Billina, soberly.
Sit down and tell us about it," begged the Wizard. "We've hunted for you
all day, and at last I noticed your footsteps in this path--and the tracks
of Billina. We found the path by accident, and seeing it only led to two
places I decided you were at either one or the other of those places. So
we made camp and waited for you to return. And now, Dorothy, tell us
where you have been--to Bunbury or to Bunnybury?"
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Why, I've been to both," she replied; "but first I went to Utensia, which
isn't on any path at all."
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