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Her eyes sparkled as two diamonds, and her lips were tinted like a tourmaline. All adown her back floated tresses of ruddy gold, with a slender jeweled circlet confining them at the brow. HER EYES SPARKLED AS TWO DIAMONDS AND HER LIPS WERE TINTED LIKE A TOURMALIN ALL ADOWN HER BACK FLOATED TRESSES OF RUDDY GOLD WITH A SLENDER JEWELLED CIRCLET CONFINING THEM AT THE BROW
 of dried herbs, which she drew from her bosom. When the blaze shot up and burned clearly old Mombi scattered a handful of magical powder over the fire, which straightway gave off a rich violet vapor, filling all the tent with its fragrance and forcing the Saw-Horse to sneeze—although he had been warned to keep quiet. Then, while the others watched her curiously, the hag chanted a rhythmical verse in words which no one understood, and bent her lean body seven times back and forth over the fire. And now the incantation seemed complete, for the Witch stood upright and cried the one word “Yeowa!” in a loud voice. The vapor floated away; the atmosphere became, clear again; a whiff of fresh air filled the tent, and the pink curtains of the couch trembled slightly, as if stirred from within. Glinda walked to the canopy and parted the silken hangings. Then she bent over the cushions, reached out her hand, and from the couch arose the form of a young girl, fresh and beautiful as a May morning. ROUND AND KINDLED A TINY FIRE OF DRIED HERBS WHICH SHE DREW HER BOSOM WHEN THE BLAZE SHOT UP AND BURNED CLEARLY OLD MOMBY SCATTERED A HANDFUL OF MAGICAL POWDER OVER THE FIRE WHICH STRAIGHTWAY GAVE OFF A RICH VIOLET VAPOUR FILLING ALL THE TENT WITH ITS FRAGRANCE AND FORCING THE SAW HORSE TO SNEEZE ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN WARNED TO KEEP QUIET THEN WHILE THE OTHERS WATCHED HER CURIOUSLY THE HAG CHANTED A RHYTHMICAL VERSE IN WORDS WHICH NO ONE UNDERSTOOD AND BENT HER LEAN BODY SEVEN TIMES BACK AND FORTH OVER THE FIRE AND NOW THE INCANTATION SEEMED COMPLETE FOR THE WITCH STOOD UPRIGHT AND CRIED THE ONE WORD YAUA IN A LOUD VOICE THE VAPOUR FLOATED AWAY THE ATMOSPHERE BECAME CLEAR AGAIN A WHIFF OF FRESH AIR FILLED THE TENT AND THE PINK CURTAINS OF THE COUCH TREMBLED SLIGHTLY AS IF STIRRED FROM WITHIN GLINDA WALKED TO THE CANOPY AND PARTED THE SILKEN HANGINGS THEN SHE BENT OVER THE CUSHIONS REACHED OUT HER HAND AND FROM THE COUCH AROSE THE FORM OF A YOUNG GIRL FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL AS A MAY MORNING
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