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The Scarecrow of Oz

CHAPTER Twenty-Four
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The Royal Reception At about four o'clock of that same day the Red Wagon drew up at the entrance to Glinda's palace and Dorothy and Betsy jumped out.

Ozma's Red Wagon was almost a chariot, being inlaid with rubies and pearls, and it was drawn by Ozma's favorite steed, the wooden Sawhorse.
"Shall I unharness you," asked Dorothy, "so you can come in and visit ?" "No," replied the Sawhorse.

"I'll just stand here and think.

Take your time.

Thinking doesn't seem to bore me at all." "What will you think of ?" inquired Betsy.
"Of the acorn that grew the tree from which I was made." So they left the wooden animal and went in to see Glinda, who welcomed the little girls in her most cordial manner.
"I knew you were on your way," said the good Sorceress when they were seated in her library, "for I learned from my Record Book that you intended to meet Trot and Button-Bright on their arrival here." "Is the strange little girl named Trot ?" asked Dorothy.
"Yes; and her companion, the old sailor, is named Cap'n Bill.


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