large/335/marvelous_land_of_oz_librivox_64kb_mp3/marvelous_land_of_oz_12_baum_64kb_16
large/335/marvelous_land_of_oz_librivox_64kb_mp3/marvelous_land_of_oz_12_baum_64kb
English
335
Standing upright before our amazed friends the Woggle Bug appeared to be fully as tall as the Tin Woodman; and surely no bug in all the Land of Oz had ever before attained so enormous a size. STANDING UPRIGHT BEFORE OUR AMAZED FRIENDS THE WOGGLE BUG APPEARED TO BE FULLY AS TALL AS THE TIN WOODMAN AND SURELY NO BUG IN ALL THE LAND OF OZ HAD EVER ATTAINED SO ENORMOUS A SIZE
 flat, and judging from what could be seen of it was of a glistening dark brown color upon the back, while the front was striped with alternate bands of light brown and white, blending together at the edges. Its arms were fully as slender as its legs, and upon a rather long neck was perched its head—not unlike the head of a man, except that its nose ended in a curling antenna, or “feeler,” and its ears from the upper points bore antennae that decorated the sides of its head like two miniature, curling pig tails. It must be admitted that the round, black eyes were rather bulging in appearance; but the expression upon the Woggle-Bug’s face was by no means unpleasant. For dress the insect wore a dark-blue swallowtail coat with a yellow silk lining and a flower in the button-hole; a vest of white duck that stretched tightly across the wide body; knickerbockers of fawn-colored plush, fastened at the knees with gilt buckles; and, perched upon its small head, was jauntily set a tall silk hat.  OF THE WOGGLE BUG WAS RATHER FLAT AND JUDGING FROM WHAT COULD BE SEEN OF IT WAS OF A GLISTENING DARK BROWN COLOR UPON THE BACK WHILE THE FRONT WAS STRIPED WITH ALTERNATE BANDS OF LIGHT BROWN AND WHITE BLENDING TOGETHER AT THE EDGES ITS ARMS WERE FULLY AS SLENDER AS ITS LEGS AND UPON A RATHER LONG NECK WAS PERCHED ITS HEAD NOT UNLIKE THE HEAD OF A MAN EXCEPT THAT ITS NOSE ENDED IN A CURLING ANTANA OR FEELER AND ITS EARS FROM THE UPPER POINTS BORE ANTANAE THAT DECORATED THE SIDES OF ITS HEAD LIKE TWO MINIATURE CURLING PIGTAILS IT MUST BE ADMITTED THAT THE ROUND BLACK EYES WERE RATHER BULGING IN APPEARANCE BUT THE EXPRESSION UPON THE WOGGLE BUG'S FACE WAS BY NO MEANS UNPLEASANT FOR DRESS THE INSECT WORE A DARK BLUE SWALLOW TAIL COAT WITH A YELLOW SILK LINING AND A FLOWER IN THE BUTTON HOLE A VEST OF WHITE DUCK THAT STRETCHED TIGHTLY ACROSS THE WIDE BODY KNICKERBOCKERS OF FAWN COLOURED PLUSH FASTENED AT THE KNEES WITH GILT BUCKLES AND PERCHED UPON ITS HEAD WAS JAUNTILY SET A TALL SILK HAT
large/335/marvelous_land_of_oz_librivox_64kb_mp3/marvelous_land_of_oz_12_baum_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/335/marvelous_land_of_oz_librivox_64kb_mp3/marvelous_land_of_oz_12_baum_64kb.flac