Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-27
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Dorothy Picks The Princess

to the other side. This was a very
interesting experience to them, and
Dorothy said:
"I wonder why it is that We can
walk so easily in the air.
Perhaps" answered the Wizard.
"It is because we are close to the
center of the earth, where the at
traction of gravitation is very slight.
But I've noticed that many queer
things happen in fairy countries"
|. us this fairy country?' asked
the boy.
"Of course 1T u.s." returned Dor
othy, promptly "Only a fairy coun-
try could have Vegetable people and
| only in fairy country could Eureka
and Jim talk as We do"
That's true" said zeb, thought
fully.
In the vegetable gardens they
found the Strawberries and melons.
and several other unknown but de-
| licious fruits of which they ate
! heartily. But the kitten bothered
them constantly by demanding millc
or meat, and called the Wizard
names because he could not bring
her dish of milk by means of his
magical arts.
- AS they sat upon the grass watch.
ing Jim, who was still busily eating,
Eureka saidt
"I don't believe you are a Wizard
at ALL"
| mo" answered the little man,
| you are quite right. In the strict
sense of the word I am not Wiz
ard, but only a humbug."
"The Wizard of OF has always
been a humbug," agreed Dorothy.
i've known him for long time.
"If that is So" said the boy. how
could he do that wonderful trick
with the nine tiny piglets?"
Don't know" said Dorothy, "but
it must have been humbug'
Very true" declared the Wizard,
nodding at her. -"It was necessary
to deceive that ugly Sorcerer and the
Prince, as we'll as their stupid peo-
! pie, but 7 don't mind telling you,
who are my friends, that the thing
was only a trick"
But saw the little pigs with my
own eyes!" exclaimed Zeb.
80 did T." purred the kitten.
! '"To he sure" answered the Wiz
ard. "You saw them because they
were there. They are in my inside
/ DOthtl HOW. DuL Tie pulling Oh
them apart and pushing them to-
gether again was only a sleight-of-
hand trick"
Lets see the pigs" said Eu-
reka eagerly.
The little man felt carefully in his
pocket and pulled out the tiny pig
lets setting them upon the grass one
| by one, where they ran around and
nibbled the tender blades.
! They're hungry, too," he said.
ooh. what cunning things!" cried
Dorothy, catching up one and pet
ting it,"
BE CAREFUL" said the piglet, with
squeal, you're squeezing me-"
Dear mel" murmured the Wizard,
looking at his pets in astonishment.
They can actually talk"
| MAY 1 eat one of them" asked
the kitten, in a pleading voice. I'm
awfully hrungry."
! why, Eureka" said Dorothy, re-
pToachfully, what a cruel question!
/ 1t would be dreadful to eat these
dear little things"
! II should say so!" grunted an
other of the piglets, looking uneas-
lily at the kitten; eats are cruel
things"
, I'm not cruel" replied the kit
! you cannot eat my piglets, even
: If you are starving" declared the
little man, in a stern voice. "They
are the only things L have to prove
I'm n wizard"
How did they happen to be so
little?" asked Dorothy. ~ never
saw such small pigs before"
They are from the Island of
Teenty-Weent," said the Wizard.
where everything is small because
it's small island. A sailor brought
them to Los Angeles and 1 gave
him nine tickets to the circus for
them"
But what am going to
eat?" walled the kitten, sitting in
front of Dorothy and looking plead
ingly into her face. "There are no
cows here to give milk; or any
! mice, or even grasshoppers. And if
l can't eat the piglets you may as
well plant me at once and raise cat
sup"
II have an idea" said the Wiz
ard, that there are fishes in these
brooks. Do you like fish,"
FISH" cried the kitten. 10 L
like fish? Why, they're better than
piglets-or even milk"
Then I'll try to catch you some"
said he.
But won't they be Vegetable, like
everything else here?" asked the
kitten.
II think not. Fishes are not ami
mails, and they are as cold and moist
as the vegetables themselves. There
is no reason, that L can see. why
they may not exist in the waters
of this strange country"
Editors Note-In next weeks
chapter. "The Black Pit" our
friends are all driven into a cave
in the side of a mountain and IT
seems as if they must surely starve.
But nothing very bad has happened
to them yet, has it? So it is likely
that they will come to no harm,
isn't it," But what do you suppose
happens to them.?1
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