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"
There are some silk cushions in my right-hand saddle sack, but I doubt
very much whether you'll like 'em," mumbled the Dromedary gruffly.
"
Out with them!" cried Sir Hokus, pouncing on the Doubtful Dromedary,
and in a minute each of the party had a cushion and was as snug as
possible.
"Could anything have been more fortunate?" exulted the Knight. "We can
now resume our journey properly mounted."
"I think I'll ride the Cowardly Lion," said Dorothy, looking uneasily at the
high seat on the camel's back. "Let's start before it grows any darker."
They had eaten to heart's content, and now, packing up the remainder of
the feast, the little party made ready to start.
Sir Hokus, using the Cowardly Lion as a footstool, mounted the camel, and
then Dorothy climbed on her old friend's back, and the little caravan moved
slowly through the forest.
"
There's a tent in my left-hand saddle sack, but I doubt very much whether
you can put it up," said the Doubtful Dromedary, falling in behind the
Comfortable Camel. "I doubt it very much indeed."
"
How now, what means this doubting?" called Sir Hokus from his perilous
seat. "I'll pitch it when the time comes."
"Mind you don't pitch out when the Camel goes!" called the Cowardly Lion,
who would have his little joke. Sir Hokus, to tell the truth, was feeling tossed
about and dizzy, but he was too polite to mention the fact. As they
proceeded, Dorothy told the Comfortable Camel all about the Scarecrow and
Oz.
An occasional word jolted down from above told her that the Knight was
singing. They had gone possibly a mile when Dorothy pointed in excitement
to a road just ahead.
"We must have missed it before! Wait, I'll see what it's like." Jumping down
from the Cowardly Lion's back, she peered curiously at the narrow, tree-
lined path. "Why, here's a sign!"
"
What of?" asked the Comfortable Camel, lurching forward eagerly and
nearly unseating the Knight.
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