. The road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the marvelous land of Oz . id die-id die, oom pom-pom! Oom, pom-pom! oom, pom-pom!tfiddle-tiddle-tiddle, oom pom-pom!Oom, pom-pom — pah! What is it, a band or a mouth-organ? asked Dorothy. Dont know, said Button-Bright. Sounds to me like a played-out phonograph, said theshaggy man, lifting his enormous ears to listen. Oh, there just could nt be a funnygraf in Fairyland!cried Dorothy. Its rather pretty, is
. The road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the marvelous land of Oz . id die-id die, oom pom-pom! Oom, pom-pom! oom, pom-pom!tfiddle-tiddle-tiddle, oom pom-pom!Oom, pom-pom — pah! What is it, a band or a mouth-organ? asked Dorothy. Dont know, said Button-Bright. Sounds to me like a played-out phonograph, said theshaggy man, lifting his enormous ears to listen. Oh, there just could nt be a funnygraf in Fairyland!cried Dorothy. Its rather pretty, is nt it? asked Polychrome, trying todance to the strains. ¥ id dle-ivid die-id die, oom pom-pom,Oom pom-pom; oom pom-pom! came the music to their ears, more distinctly as they drewnearer the house. Presently they saw a little fat man sittingon a bench before the door. He wore a red, braided jacketthat reached to his waist, a blue waistcoat, and white trouserswith gold stripes down the sides. On his bald head wasperched a little, round, red cap held in place by a rubber elas-tic underneath his chin. His face was round, his eyes a fadedblue, and he wore white cotton gloves. The man leaned on a 93 The Road to Oz. stout gold-headed cane, bending forward on his seat to watchhis visitors approach. Singularly enough, the musical sounds they had heardseemed to come from the inside of the fat man himself; forhe was playing no instrument nor was any to be seen nearhim. They came up and stood in a row, staring at him, and hestared back while the queer sounds came from him as before: ^iddle-iddle-iddle, oom pom-pom,Oom, pom-pom; oom pom-pom!Tiddle-widdle-iddle, oom pom-pom,, pom-pom — pah! 94 The Musicker Why, he s a reglar musicker! said s a musicker? asked ! said the boy. Hearing this the fat man sat up a little stiffer than before,as if he had received a compliment, and still came the sounds : -id die, oom pom-pom,Oom pom-pom, oom Stop it! cried the shag
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