. 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 . their conductor: What s a hoonst, please? One who reads your fortune in your hoofs, replied thegrey donkey. Oh, I see, said the little girl. You are quite civilizedhere. Dunkiton, he replied, is the center of the worldshighest civilization. They came to a house where two youthful donkeys werewhitewashing the wall, and Dorothy stopped a moment towatch them. They dipped the ends of
. 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 . their conductor: What s a hoonst, please? One who reads your fortune in your hoofs, replied thegrey donkey. Oh, I see, said the little girl. You are quite civilizedhere. Dunkiton, he replied, is the center of the worldshighest civilization. They came to a house where two youthful donkeys werewhitewashing the wall, and Dorothy stopped a moment towatch them. They dipped the ends of their tails, which weremuch like paint-brushes, into a pail of whitewash, backed upagainst the house, and wagged their tails right and left untilthe whitewash was rubbed on the wall, after which theydipped these funny brushes in the pail again and repeated theperformance. That must be fun, said Button-Bright. No; it s work, replied the old donkey; but we makeour youngsters do all the whitewashing, to keep them out ofmischief. Dont they go to school*? asked Dorothy. All donkeys are born wise, was the reply, so the onlyschool we need is the school of experience. Books are only fit The Shaggy Mans Transformation. for those who know nothing, and so are obliged to learn thingsfrom other people. In other words, the more stupid one is the more he thinkshe knows, observed the shaggy man. The grey donkey paidno attention to this speech because he had just stopped beforea house which had painted over the doorway a pair of hoofs,with a donkey tail between them and a rude crown and sceptreabove. I 11 see if his magnificent Majesty King Kik-a-bray isat home, said he. He lifted his head and called Whee-haw!whee-haw! whee-haw! three times, in a shocking voice, turn-ing about and kicking with his heels against the panel of the 79 The Road to Oz door. For a time there was no reply; then the door openedfar enough to permit a donkeys head to stick out and look atthem. It was a white head, with b
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