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"I know it," said Glinda. I KNOW IT SAID GLINDA
e Captain toward the palace—even the Saw-Horse taking his place in the queer procession. Upon her throne of finely wrought gold sat Glinda, and she could scarcely repress a smile as her peculiar visitors entered and bowed before her. Both the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman she knew and liked; but the awkward Pumpkinhead and Highly Magnified Woggle-Bug were creatures she had never seen before, and they seemed even more curious than the others. As for the Saw-Horse, he looked to be nothing more than an animated chunk of wood; and he bowed so stiffly that his head bumped against the floor, causing a ripple of laughter among the soldiers, in which Glinda frankly joined. [Illustration: image266] “I beg to announce to your glorious highness,” began the Scarecrow, in a solemn voice, “that my Emerald City has been overrun by a crowd of impudent girls with knitting-needles, who have enslaved all the men, robbed the streets and public buildings of all their emerald jewels, and usurped my throne.” HEY ALL CLAMBERED OUT OF THE SOFAS AND FOLLOWED THE CAPTAIN TOWARD THE PALACE EVEN THE SAW HORSE TAKING HIS PLACE IN THE QUEER PROCESSION UPON HER THRONE OF FINELY WROUGHT GOLD SAT GLINDA AND SHE COULD SCARCELY REPRESS A SMILE AS HER PECULIAR VISITORS ENTERED AND BOWED BEFORE HER BOTH THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOODMAN SHE KNEW AND LIKED BUT THE AWKWARD PUMPKINHEAD AND HIGHLY MAGNIFIED WOGGLE BUG WERE CREATURES SHE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THEY SEEMED EVEN MORE CURIOUS THAN THE OTHERS AS FOR THE SAW HORSE HE LOOKED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN AN ANIMATED CHUNK OF WOOD AND HE BOWED SO STIFFLY THAT HIS HEAD BUMPED AGAINST THE FLOOR CAUSING A RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER AMONG THE SOLDIERS IN WHICH GLINDA FRANKLY JOINED I BEG TO ANNOUNCE TO YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS BEGAN THE SCARECROW IN A SOLEMN VOICE THAT MY EMERALD CITY HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY A CROWD OF IMPUDENT GIRLS WITH KNITTING NEEDLES WHO HAVE ENSLAVED ALL THE MEN ROBBED THE STREETS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF ALL THEIR EMERALD JEWELS AND USURPED MY THRONE
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