. Dorothy and the wizard in Oz . was still beating rapidly. Some of the Mangaboos discovered them as soon as theyleft the House of the Sorcerer; but when they started towardthe mountain the vegetable people allowed them to proceedwithout interference, yet followed in a crowd behind themso that they could not go back again. Before long they neared the Black Pit, where a busyswarm of Mangaboos, headed by their Princess, was engagedin piling up glass rocks before the entrance. Stop, I command you! cried the Wizard, in an angrytone, and at once began pulling down the rocks to liberateJim and the p
. Dorothy and the wizard in Oz . was still beating rapidly. Some of the Mangaboos discovered them as soon as theyleft the House of the Sorcerer; but when they started towardthe mountain the vegetable people allowed them to proceedwithout interference, yet followed in a crowd behind themso that they could not go back again. Before long they neared the Black Pit, where a busyswarm of Mangaboos, headed by their Princess, was engagedin piling up glass rocks before the entrance. Stop, I command you! cried the Wizard, in an angrytone, and at once began pulling down the rocks to liberateJim and the piglets. Insted of opposing him in this theystood back in silence until he had made a good-sized holein the barrier, when by order of the Princess they all sprangforward and thrust out their sharp thorns. Dorothy hopped inside the opening to escape beingpricked, and Zeb and the Wizard, after enduring a few stabsfrom the thorns, were glad to follow her. At once the Man-gaboos began piling up the rocks of glass again, and as the 90. THROUGH THE BLACK PIT. Little Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz little man realized that they were all about to be entombedin the mountain he said to the children: My dears, what shall we do? Jump out and fight? Whats the use? replied Dorothy. Id as soon diehere as live much longer among those cruel and heartlesspeople. Thats the way I feel about it, remarked Zeb, rubbinghis wounds. Ive had enough of the Mangaboos. All right, said the Wizard; Im with you, whateveryou decide. But we cant live long in this cavern, thatscertain. Noticing that the light was growing dim he picked up hisnine piglets, patted each one lovingly on its fat little head,and placed them carefully in his inside pocket. Zeb struck a match and lighted one of the lanterns. Therays of the colored suns were now shut out from them forever,for the last chinks had been filled up in the wall that separ-ated their prison from the Land of the Mangaboos. How big is this hole? asked Dorothy. Ill expl
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