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Then Tip's fears were proven to be well founded; for with the first streaks of gray dawn they looked over the sides of the sofas and discovered rolling plains dotted with queer villages, where the houses, instead of being dome shaped—as they all are in the Land of Oz—had slanting roofs that rose to a peak in the center. THEN TIP'S FEARS WERE PROVEN TO BE WELL FOUNDED FOR WITH THE FIRST STREAKS OF GRAY DAWN THEY LOOKED OVER THE SIDES OF THE SOFA AND DISCOVERED ROLLING PLAINS DOTTED WITH QUEER VILLAGES WHERE THE HOUSES INSTEAD OF BEING DOME SHAPED AS THEY ALL ARE IN THE LAND OF OZ HAD SLANTING ROOFS THAT ROSE TO A PEAK IN THE CENTRE
 the sofas and did not seem to mind the motion as long as they were not tipped out. Darker and darker grew the night, and on and on sped the Gump through the black heavens. The travelers could not even see one another, and an oppressive silence settled down upon them. After a long time Tip, who had been thinking deeply, spoke. “How are we to know when we come to the pallace of Glinda the Good?” he asked. “It’s a long way to Glinda’s palace,” answered the Woodman; “I’ve traveled it.” “But how are we to know how fast the Gump is flying?” persisted the boy. “We cannot see a single thing down on the earth, and before morning we may be far beyond the place we want to reach.” “That is all true enough,” the Scarecrow replied, a little uneasily. “But I do not see how we can stop just now; for we might alight in a river, or on, the top of a steeple; and that would be a great disaster.” So they permitted the Gump to fly on, with regular flops of its great wings, and waited patiently for morning. STRESSED BUT THE OTHERS CLUNG TO THE BACKS OF THE SOFAS AND DID NOT SEEM TO MIND THE MOTION AS LONG AS THEY WERE NOT TIPPED OUT DARKER AND DARKER GREW THE NIGHT AND ON AND ON SPED THE GUMP THROUGH THE BLACK HEAVENS THE TRAVELLERS COULD NOT EVEN SEE ONE ANOTHER AND AN OPPRESSIVE SILENCE SETTLED DOWN UPON THEM AFTER A LONG TIME TIP WHO HAD BEEN THINKING DEEPLY SPOKE HOW ARE WE TO KNOW WHEN WE COME TO THE PALACE OF GLENDA THE GOOD HE ASKED IT'S A LONG WAY TO GLINDA'S PALACE ANSWERED THE WOODMAN I'VE TRAVELLED IT BUT HOW ARE WE TO KNOW HOW FAST THE GUMP IS FLYING PERSISTED THE BOY WE CANNOT SEE A SINGLE THING DOWN ON THE EARTH AND BY MORNING WE MAY BE FAR BEYOND THE PLACE WE WANT TO REACH THAT IS ALL TRUE ENOUGH THE SCARECROW REPLIED A LITTLE UNEASILY BUT I DO NOT SEE HOW WE CAN STOP JUST NOW FOR WE MIGHT ALIGHT IN A RIVER OR ON THE TOP OF A STEEPLE AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT DISASTER SO THEY PERMITTED THE GUMP TO FLY ON WITH REGULAR FLOPS OF ITS GREAT WINGS AND WAITED PATIENTLY FOR MORNING
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