| 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| 1 | 33 | 66 | 99 | 132 |
|
www.freeclassicebooks.com
"
What, jump from here to that whirling hill?" cried the Lion indignantly. "I
should say not! Even if I landed there and could hold on, what good would it
do? There's another spinning mountain beyond it, and perhaps still another
beyond that. I don't believe any living creature could jump from one mountain
to another when both are whirling like tops and in different directions."
"
I propose we turn back," said the Wooden Sawhorse with a yawn of his
chopped-out mouth as he stared with his knot eyes at the Merry-Go-Round
Mountains.
"
"
I agree with you," said the Woozy, wagging his square head.
We should have taken the shepherd's advice," added Hank the Mule.
The others of the party, however they might be puzzled by the serious problem
that confronted them, would not allow themselves to despair. "If we once get
over these mountains," said Button-Bright, "we could probably get along all
right."
"
True enough," agreed Dorothy. "So we must find some way, of course, to get
past these whirligig hills. But how?"
"
"
I wish the Ork was with us," sighed Trot.
But the Ork isn't here," said the Wizard, "and we must depend upon
ourselves to conquer this difficulty. Unfortunately, all my magic has been
stolen, otherwise I am sure I could easily get over the mountains."
"
Unfortunately," observed the Woozy, "none of us has wings. And we're in a
magic country without any magic."
"
"
What is that around your waist, Dorothy?" asked the Wizard.
That? Oh, that's just the Magic Belt I once captured from the Nome King,"
she replied.
"
A Magic Belt! Why, that's fine. I'm sure a Magic Belt would take you over
these hills."
"
It might if I knew how to work it," said the little girl. "Ozma knows a lot of its
magic, but I've never found out about it. All I know is that while I am wearing
it, nothing can hurt me."
"
Try wishing yourself across and see if it will obey you," suggested the Wizard.
3
5
Page
Quick Jump
|