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"I could never have stood it here without Tappy Oko!" The Scarecrow looked
fondly at his Imperial Punster.
"
Queer name he has," rumbled the Cowardly Lion, looking at Happy Toko as
if he had thoughts of eating him.
"Methinks he should be knighted," rumbled Sir Hokus, beaming on the little
Silverman. "Rise, Sir Pudding!"
"The sun will do that in a minute or more, and then, then we shall all be
thrown into prison!" wailed Happy Toko dismally.
"
We were going to escape in a small boat," explained the Scarecrow, "but--"
It was not necessary for him to finish. A boat large enough to hold Dorothy,
the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, Happy Toko, the camel and the
dromedary could not very well be launched in secret.
"Oh, dear!" sighed Dorothy, "If I'd only wished you and all of us back in the
Emerald City!"
"You wished very well, Lady Dot," said the Knight. "When I think of what I
was going to wish for--"
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What were you going to wish, Hokus?" asked the Cowardly Lion curiously.
For a dragon!" faltered the Knight, looking terribly ashamed.
A dragon!" gasped Dorothy. "Why, what good would that have done us?"
Wait!" interrupted the Scarecrow. "I have thought of something! Why not
climb my family tree? It is a long, long way, but at the top lies Oz!"
"
Grammercy, a pretty plan!" exclaimed Sir Hokus, peering up at the bean
pole.
"
Wouldn't that be social climbing?" chuckled Happy Toko, recovering his
spirits with a bound. The Cowardly Lion said nothing, but heaved a mighty
sigh which no one heard, for they were all running toward the bean pole. It
was a good family tree to climb, sure enough, for there were handy little
notches in the stalk.
"You go first!" Sir Hokus helped Dorothy up. When she had gone a few steps,
the Scarecrow, holding his robes carefully, followed, then honest Happy
Toko.
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