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CHAPTER 5 - OZMA'S FRIENDS ARE PERPLEXED
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Really," said Dorothy, looking solemn, "this is very s'prising. We can't even
find a shadow of Ozma anywhere in the Em'rald City, and wherever she's
gone, she's taken her Magic Picture with her." She was standing in the
courtyard of the palace with Betsy and Trot, while Scraps, the Patchwork Girl,
danced around the group, her hair flying in the wind.
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P'raps," said Scraps, still dancing, "someone has stolen Ozma."
Oh, they'd never dare do that!" exclaimed tiny Trot.
And stolen the Magic Picture, too, so the thing can't tell where she is," added
the Patchwork Girl.
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That's nonsense," said Dorothy. "Why, ev'ryone loves Ozma. There isn't a
person in the Land of Oz who would steal a single thing she owns."
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Huh!" replied the Patchwork Girl. "You don't know ev'ry person in the Land
of Oz."
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Why don't I?"
It's a big country," said Scraps. "There are cracks and corners in it that even
Ozma doesn't know of."
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The Patchwork Girl's just daffy," declared Betsy.
No, she's right about that," replied Dorothy thoughtfully. "There are lots of
queer people in this fairyland who never come near Ozma or the Em'rald City.
I've seen some of 'em myself, girls. But I haven't seen all, of course, and there
MIGHT be some wicked persons left in Oz yet, though I think the wicked
witches have all been destroyed."
Just then the Wooden Sawhorse dashed into the courtyard with the Wizard of
Oz on his back. "Have you found Ozma?" cried the Wizard when the Sawhorse
stopped beside them.
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Not yet," said Dorothy. "Doesn't Glinda the Good know where she is?"
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No. Glinda's Book of Records and all her magic instruments are gone.
Someone must have stolen them."
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