CHAPTER Twenty-Five.
They Bribe the Lazy Quadling "Now," said Dorothy, as they stood on the mountain path, having left behind them the cave in which dwelt the Hoppers and the Horners, "I think we must find a road into the Country of the Winkies, for there is where Ojo wants to go next." "Is there such a road ?" asked the Scarecrow.
"I don't know," she replied.

"I s'pose we can go back the way we came, to Jack Pumpkinhead's house, and then turn into the Winkie Country; but that seems like running 'round a haystack, doesn't it ?" "Yes," said the Scarecrow.

"What is the next thing Ojo must get ?" "A yellow butterfly," answered the boy.
"That means the Winkie Country, all right, for it's the yellow country of Oz," remarked Dorothy.

"I think, Scarecrow, we ought to take him to the Tin Woodman, for he's the Emp'ror of the Winkies and will help us to find what Ojo wants." "Of course," replied the Scarecrow, brightening at the suggestion.

"The Tin Woodman will do anything we ask him, for he's one of my dearest friends.