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dashboard. She wore her pearl necklace and three bracelets upon each
leg, in honor of the occasion.
Dorothy kissed Ozma good-bye, and all the people standing around
waved their handkerchiefs, and the band in an upper balcony struck up
a military march. Then the Wizard clucked to the Sawhorse and said:
"
Gid-dap!" and the wooden animal pranced away and drew behind him
the big red wagon and all the passengers, without any effort at all. A
servant threw open a gate of the palace enclosure, that they might pass
out; and so, with music and shouts following them, the journey was
begun.
"
It's almost like a circus," said Aunt Em, proudly. "I can't help feelin'
high an' mighty in this kind of a turn-out."
Indeed, as they passed down the street, all the people cheered them
lustily, and the Shaggy Man and the Wizard and the Captain General all
took off their hats and bowed politely in acknowledgment.
When they came to the great wall of the Emerald City, the gates were
opened by the Guardian who always tended them. Over the gateway
hung a dull-colored metal magnet shaped like a horse-shoe, placed
against a shield of polished gold.
"
That," said the Shaggy Man, impressively, "is the wonderful Love
Magnet. I brought it to the Emerald City myself, and all who pass
beneath this gateway are both loving and beloved."
"
It's a fine thing," declared Aunt Em, admiringly. "If we'd had it in
Kansas I guess the man who held a mortgage on the farm wouldn't have
turned us out."
"
Then I'm glad we didn't have it," returned Uncle Henry. "I like Oz better
than Kansas, even; an' this little wood Sawhorse beats all the critters I
ever saw. He don't have to be curried, or fed, or watered, an' he's strong
as an ox. Can he talk, Dorothy?"
"
Yes, Uncle," replied the child. "But the Sawhorse never says much. He
told me once that he can't talk and think at the same time, so he prefers
to think."
"
"
Which is very sensible," declared the Wizard, nodding approvingly.
Which way do we go, Dorothy?"
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