The Patchwork Girl of Oz

Owl and th

ter than the two they had already passed. It stood close to the roadside and over th

ngly: "Well, here is a place to get all the advi

nocked at

alled a deep

pron and a blue cap, was engaged in dusting the furniture with a blue cloth. On a shelf over the wind

deep voice, which seemed bigger than h

, "and now we are here we may as well

e to say, by the way, that you are the queerest lot of travelers that ever came to my shop

which fluttered its wings and sta

t-ti-toot!"

le-cu

dy-

cum, ti

a-la-

ur poetry, Scr

ense!" declared

" said the donkey, admiringly. "Listen

l in a grum

Girl has co

eetheart, n

ense and

snubbed by

look at Scraps. "You are certainly a wonder, my dear, and I fancy you'd make a splen

ed the Pat

u are so ga

sserted. "You Munchkin people all strut a

d of Mo and came to visit the Land of Oz on the day it was shut off from all the rest of the

oot!" crie

arching f

Nunkie's co

arce; they're

t a job,

very foolish?

reason that she is positively foolish. Owls are supposed to be so very wise, generally, that a foolish on

s wings again, mut

to be a g

be more har

ransparent

us, and th

ains?" inquired Bungle, prou

t see very well by day, poor thing. But her advi

us any advice, as ye

o you call all t

replied Ojo. "Scraps

ouldn't be the Foolish Owl. You are very complimentary to my partner, indeed,

e," remarked Scraps to the donk

"Put me to the test, my dear Patches, and I

y to get to the Emer

said the

shall I take?" was th

, of course. It leads dire

e find the road

o the yellow bricks pretty soon, and you'll know them when you se

boy. "At last you ha

ent of your wisd

interest you. So I'll give you a last word of advice: move on, for th

-toot-ti-too!" s

go! fas

e going you

ungle, Mun

rtunes go

ngers grav

orried, som

e going you

, but of

nt, to me," said

ake it and go

Donkey and the Foolish Owl an