. Dorothy and the wizard in Oz . the horse and buggy—with Dorothy and Zeb—sank steadily downward andcame nearer to the lights, the rays began to take on all thedelicate tintings of a rainbow, growing more and more dis-tinct every moment until all the space was brilliantly illum-inated. Dorothy was too dazed to say much, but she watched oneof Jims big ears turn to violet and the other to rose, andwondered that his tail should be yellow and his body stripedwith blue and orange like the stripes of a zebra. Then shelooked at Zeb, whose face was blue and whose hair was pink,and gave a little laugh
. Dorothy and the wizard in Oz . the horse and buggy—with Dorothy and Zeb—sank steadily downward andcame nearer to the lights, the rays began to take on all thedelicate tintings of a rainbow, growing more and more dis-tinct every moment until all the space was brilliantly illum-inated. Dorothy was too dazed to say much, but she watched oneof Jims big ears turn to violet and the other to rose, andwondered that his tail should be yellow and his body stripedwith blue and orange like the stripes of a zebra. Then shelooked at Zeb, whose face was blue and whose hair was pink,and gave a little laugh that sounded a bit nervous. Isnt is funny*? she said. The boy was startled and his eyes were big. Dorothyhad a green streak through the center of her face where theblue and yellow lights came together, and her appearanceseemed to add to his fright. I—I dont s-s-see any-thing funny—bout it! hestammered. Just then the buggy tipped slowly over upon its side, thebody of the horse tipping also. But they continued to fall, 25. HORSE, BUGGY AND ALL FELL SLOWLY. The Glass Cit all together, and the boy and girl had no difficulty in remain-ing upon the seat, just as they were before. Then they turnedbottom side up, and continued to roll slowly over until theywere right side up again. During this time Jim struggledfrantically, all his legs kicking the air; but on finding himselfin his former position the horse said, in a relieved tone ofvoice: Well, thats better! Dorothy and Zeb looked at one another in wonder. Can your horse talk? she asked. Never knew him to, before, replied the boy. Those were the first words I ever said, called out thehorse, who had overheard them, and I cant explain why Ihappened to speak then. This is a nice scrape youve got meinto, isnt it*? As for that, we are in the same scrape ourselves,answered Dorothy, cheerfully. But never mind; somethingwill happen pretty soon. Of course, growled the horse; and then we shall besorry it happened. Zeb gave a shiver. Al
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