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A wail of terror and grief came from the scattered throng, and Miss
Cuttenclip exclaimed:
"
Dear me! dear me!" and hurried at once to the rescue of her overturned
people.
"
"
Oh, Shaggy Man! How could you?" asked Dorothy, reproachfully.
I couldn't help it--really I couldn't," protested the Shaggy Man, looking
quite ashamed. "And I had no idea it took so little to upset these paper
dolls."
"
So little!" said Dorothy. "Why, it was 'most as bad as a Kansas cyclone."
And then she helped Miss Cuttenclip rescue the paper folk and stand
them on their feet again. Two of the cardboard houses had also tumbled
over, and the little Queen said she would have to repair them and paste
them together before they could be lived in again.
And now, fearing they might do more damage to the flimsy paper people,
they decided to go away. But first they thanked Miss Cuttenclip very
warmly for her courtesy and kindness to them.
"
Any friend of Princess Ozma is always welcome here--unless he
sneezes," said the Queen with a rather severe look at the Shaggy Man,
who hung his head. "I like to have visitors admire my wonderful village,
and I hope you will call again."
Miss Cuttenclip herself led them to the door in the wall, and as they
passed along the street the paper dolls peeped at them half fearfully from
the doors and windows. Perhaps they will never forget the Shaggy Man's
awful sneeze, and I am sure they were all glad to see the meat people go
away.
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