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always, she promised to help me, because she said the Wizard of Oz
ought really to be a clever Wizard, and not a humbug. So we have been
much together and I am learning so fast that I expect to be able to
accomplish some really wonderful things in time."
"
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You've done it now!" declared Dorothy. "These tents are just wonderful!"
But come and see the men's tent," said the Wizard. So they went to the
second tent, which had shaggy edges because it has been made from the
Shaggy Man's handkerchief, and found that completely furnished also. It
contained four neat beds for Uncle Henry, Omby Amby, the Shaggy Man
and the Wizard. Also there was a soft rug for Toto to lie upon.
"
The third tent," explained the Wizard, "is our dining room and kitchen."
They visited that next, and found a table and dishes in the dining tent,
with plenty of those things necessary to use in cooking. The Wizard
carried out a big kettle and set it swinging on a crossbar before the tent.
While he was doing this Omby Amby and the Shaggy Man brought a
supply of twigs from the forest and then they built a fire underneath the
kettle.
"
Now, Dorothy," said the Wizard, smiling, "I expect you to cook our
supper."
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"
"
But there is nothing in the kettle," she cried.
Are you sure?" inquired the Wizard.
I didn't see anything put in, and I'm almost sure it was empty when you
brought it out," she replied.
"
Nevertheless," said the little man, winking slyly at Uncle Henry, "you will
do well to watch our supper, my dear, and see that it doesn't boil over."
Then the men took some pails and went into the forest to search for a
spring of water, and while they were gone Aunt Em said to Dorothy:
"
I believe the Wizard is fooling us. I saw the kettle myself, and when he
hung it over the fire there wasn't a thing in it but air."
"
Don't worry," remarked Billina, confidently, as she nestled in the grass
before the fire. "You'll find something in the kettle when it's taken off--
and it won't be poor, innocent chickens, either."
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