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Bright is good to look at, and I hope to get him changed back to himself, some

time."

The Rainbow's Daughter nodded cheerfully, no longer afraid of her new

companions.

But who is this?" she asked, pointing to Toto, who was sitting before her

wagging his tail in the most friendly manner and admiring the pretty maid

with his bright eyes. "Is this, also, some enchanted person?"

Oh no, Polly--I may call you Polly, mayn't I? Your whole name's awful hard to

say."

Call me Polly if you wish, Dorothy."

Well, Polly, Toto's just a dog; but he has more sense than Button-Bright, to

tell the truth; and I'm very fond of him."

So am I," said Polychrome, bending gracefully to pat Toto's head.

But how did the Rainbow's Daughter ever get on this lonely road, and become

lost?" asked the shaggy man, who had listened wonderingly to all this.

Why, my father stretched his rainbow over here this morning, so that one end

of it touched this road," was the reply; "and I was dancing upon the pretty

rays, as I love to do, and never noticed I was getting too far over the bend in

the circle. Suddenly I began to slide, and I went faster and faster until at last

I bumped on the ground, at the very end. Just then father lifted the rainbow

again, without noticing me at all, and though I tried to seize the end of it and

hold fast, it melted away entirely and I was left alone and helpless on the cold,

hard earth!"

It doesn't seem cold to me, Polly," said Dorothy; "but perhaps you're not

warmly dressed."

I'm so used to living nearer the sun," replied the Rainbow's Daughter, "that at

first I feared I would freeze down here. But my dance has warmed me some,

and now I wonder how I am ever to get home again."

Won't your father miss you, and look for you, and let down another rainbow

for you?"

The Road to Oz