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I don't know," she replied, "but we've been told we are nearer the Land of Oz
than to Kansas, and if that's so, the quickest way for me to get home is to find
Ozma."
"
Haw-haw! Do you know the mighty Princess Ozma?" asked the King, his tone
both surprised and eager.
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'Course I do; she's my friend," said Dorothy.
Then perhaps you'll do me a favor," continued the white donkey, much
excited.
"
What is it?" she asked.
"
Perhaps you can get me an invitation to Princess Ozma's birthday
celebration, which will be the grandest royal function ever held in Fairyland.
I'd love to go."
"
Hee-haw! You deserve punishment, rather than reward, for giving me this
dreadful head," said the shaggy man, sorrowfully.
"
I wish you wouldn't say 'hee-haw' so much," Polychrome begged him; "it
makes cold chills run down my back."
"
But I can't help it, my dear; my donkey head wants to bray continually," he
replied. "Doesn't your fox head want to yelp every minute?" he asked Button-
Bright.
"
Don't know," said the boy, still staring at the shaggy man's ears. These
seemed to interest him greatly, and the sight also made him forget his own fox
head, which was a comfort.
"
What do you think, Polly? Shall I promise the donkey king an invitation to
Ozma's party?" asked Dorothy of the Rainbow's Daughter, who was flitting
about the room like a sunbeam because she could never keep still.
"
Do as you please, dear," answered Polychrome. "He might help to amuse the
guests of the Princess."
"
Then, if you will give us some supper and a place to sleep to-night, and let us
get started on our journey early to-morrow morning," said Dorothy to the
King, "I'll ask Ozma to invite you--if I happen to get to Oz."
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