[Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum]@TWC D-Link bookTik-Tok of Oz CHAPTER Twenty-One 10/12
Queen Ann and her army sat down upon the ground to rest.
Betsy sat on Hank's back.
Polychrome danced lightly up and down the jeweled paths while Files and the Princess wandered through the groves arm in arm.
Tik-Tok, who never tired, stood motionless. By and by a noise sounded from within the hut. "Are you ready ?" asked Shaggy. "Yes, Brother," came the reply and the door was thrown open to allow the Ugly One to step forth. Betsy might have laughed aloud had she not remembered how sensitive to ridicule Shaggy's brother was, for the handkerchief with which he had masked his features was a red one covered with big white polka dots.
In this two holes had been cut--in front of the eyes--while two smaller ones before the nostrils allowed the man to breathe freely.
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