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In what way?" asked the Shaggy Man.
I don't know, I'm sure," said the Wizard.
Just then, as they rode along the pretty green lane toward Fuddlecumjig,
they espied a kangaroo sitting by the roadside. The poor animal had its
face covered with both its front paws and was crying so bitterly that the
tears coursed down its cheeks in two tiny streams and trickled across
the road, where they formed a pool in a small hollow.
The Sawhorse stopped short at this pitiful sight, and Dorothy cried out,
with ready sympathy:
"
What's the matter, Kangaroo?"
"
Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!" wailed the Kangaroo; "I've lost my mi--mi--mi--Oh,
boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!"--
"
Poor thing," said the Wizard, "she's lost her mister. It's probably her
husband, and he's dead."
"
No, no, no!" sobbed the kangaroo. "It--it isn't that. I've lost my mi--mi--
Oh, boo, boo-hoo!"
"
"
I know," said the Shaggy Man; "she's lost her mirror."
No; it's my mi--mi--mi--Boo-hoo! My mi--Oh, Boo-hoo!" and the
kangaroo cried harder than ever.
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"
"
"
It must be her mince-pie," suggested Aunt Em.
Or her milk-toast," proposed Uncle Henry.
I've lost my mi--mi--mittens!" said the kangaroo, getting it out at last.
Oh!" cried the Yellow Hen, with a cackle of relief. "Why didn't you say so
before?"
"
"
Boo-hoo! I--I--couldn't," answered the kangaroo.
But, see here," said Dorothy, "you don't need mittens in this warm
weather."
"
Yes, indeed I do," replied the animal, stopping her sobs and removing
her paws from her face to look at the little girl reproachfully. "My hands
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