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Chapter Twenty - Over Night
The Land of the Munchkins is full of surprises, as our travelers had already
learned, and although Mount Munch was constantly growing larger as they
advanced toward it, they knew it was still a long way off and were not
certain, by any means, that they had escaped all danger or encountered
their last adventure.
The plain was broad, and as far as the eye could see, there seemed to be a
level stretch of country between them and the mountain, but toward evening
they came upon a hollow, in which stood a tiny blue Munchkin dwelling
with a garden around it and fields of grain filling in all the rest of the hollow.
They did not discover this place until they came close to the edge of it, and
they were astonished at the sight that greeted them because they had
imagined that this part of the plain had no inhabitants.
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It's a very small house," Woot declared. "I wonder who lives there?"
"The way to find out is to knock on the door and ask," replied the Tin
Woodman. "Perhaps it is the home of Nimmie Amee."
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Is she a dwarf?" asked the boy.
No, indeed; Nimmie Amee is a full sized woman."
Then I'm sure she couldn't live in that little house," said Woot.
Let's go down," suggested the Scarecrow. "I'm almost sure I can see a straw-
stack in the back yard."
They descended the hollow, which was rather steep at the sides, and soon
came to the house, which was indeed rather small. Woot knocked upon a
door that was not much higher than his waist, but got no reply. He knocked
again, but not a sound was heard.
"
Smoke is coming out of the chimney," announced Polychrome, who was
dancing lightly through the garden, where cabbages and beets and turnips
and the like were growing finely.
"Then someone surely lives here," said Woot, and knocked again.
Now a window at the side of the house opened and a queer head appeared.
It was white and hairy and had a long snout and little round eyes. The ears
were hidden by a blue sunbonnet tied under the chin.
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