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next. At each wave of the fan, the King of the Golden Islands and his men
flew higher until at last not one of them could be seen from the shore.
"
The fan. The magic is in the fan!" gasped Happy Toko, jumping up and
embracing the Scarecrow.
"Why, what do you mean?" asked the Scarecrow, closing the fan with a
snap. Happy's answer was drowned in a huge splash. As soon as the fan
was closed, down whirled the king's army into the sea, and each man struck
the water with such force that the spray rose high as a skyscraper. And not
till then did the Scarecrow realize the power of the little fan he had been
saving for Dorothy.
"Saved!" screamed Happy Toko, dancing up and down. "Hurrah for the
Emperor!"
The Emperor, without a plan,
Has won the victory with a fan.
The Silver Islanders had paused in their flight at the queer noises coming
from the harbor, and now all of them, hearing Tappy Oko's cries, came
crowding down to the shore and were soon cheering themselves hoarse. No
wonder! The drenched soldiers of the king were climbing swiftly back into
their boats, and when they were all aboard, the Scarecrow waved his fan
sidewise (he did not want to blow them up again), and the ships swept out of
the harbor so fast that the water churned to silver suds behind them, and
they soon were out of sight.
"Ah!" cried the Grand Chew Chew, arriving breathlessly at this point, "We
have won the day!"
"
"
So we have!" chuckled the Scarecrow, putting his arm around Happy Toko.
Call the brave army and decorate the generals!"
"It shall be done," said the Grand Chew Chew, frowning at Happy. "There
shall be a great celebration, a feast, and fireworks."
"
Fireworks," quavered the Scarecrow, clutching his Imperial Punster. By this
time, the Silver Islanders were crowding around the Emperor, shouting and
squealing for joy, and before he could prevent it, they had placed him on
their shoulders and carried him in triumph to the palace. He managed to
signal Happy, and Happy nodded reassuringly and ran off as fast as his fat
little legs could patter. He arrived at the palace almost as soon as the
Scarecrow, lugging a giant silver watering can, and, sitting calmly on the
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