. Dorothy and the wizard in Oz . day he was born, until his arrival in the Land of the royal attendants did not heed the animals ill tem-per. They soon mixed a tub of oatmeal with a little water,and Jim ate it with much relish. Then the servants heaped a lot of rugs upon the floorand the old horse slept on the softest bed he had ever knownin his life. In the morning, as soon as it was daylight, he resolvedto take a walk and try to find some grass for breakfast;so he ambled calmly through the handsome arch of the door-way, turned the corner of the palace, wherein all seemedasleep, and ca
. Dorothy and the wizard in Oz . day he was born, until his arrival in the Land of the royal attendants did not heed the animals ill tem-per. They soon mixed a tub of oatmeal with a little water,and Jim ate it with much relish. Then the servants heaped a lot of rugs upon the floorand the old horse slept on the softest bed he had ever knownin his life. In the morning, as soon as it was daylight, he resolvedto take a walk and try to find some grass for breakfast;so he ambled calmly through the handsome arch of the door-way, turned the corner of the palace, wherein all seemedasleep, and came face to face with the Sawhorse. Jim stopped abruptly, being startled and amazed. TheSawhorse stopped at the same time and stared at the otherwith its queer protruding eyes, which were mere knots inthe log that formed its body. The legs of the Sawhorsewere four sticks driven into holes bored in the log; its tailwas a small branch that had been left by accident and itsmouth a place chopped in one end of the body which pro- 205. •ML; mm FOR GOODNESS SAKE, WHAT SORT OF A BEING ARE YOU? Jim, the Cab-Horse jected a little and served as a head. The ends of the woodenlegs were shod with plates of solid gold, and the saddle ofthe Princess Ozma, which was of red leather set with spark-ling diamonds, was strapped to tHe clumsy body. Jims eyes stuck out as much as those of the Sawhorse,and he stared at the creature with his ears erect and his longhead drawn back until it rested against his arched neck. In this comical position the two horses circled slowlyaround each other for a while, each being unable to realizewhat the singular thing might be which it now beheld forthe first time. Then Jim exlaimed: Tor goodness sake, what sort of a being are you? *Tm a Sawhorse, replied the other. Oh; I believe Ive heard of you, said the cab-horse;but you are unlike anything that I expected to see. I do not doubt it, the Sawhorse observed, with a toneof pride. I am considered quite unusual. You ar
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