Tik-Tok of Oz

aves the

across the deck and the shock sent her flying through the air until she fell with a splash into the dark blue water.

t in the dark and grabbed a bunch of hair. At first she thought it was the end of a rope, but p

lare. The ship, now in the far distance, cau

e's tail and seized the rude raft, pulling herself up so that she rode upon it in safety. Hank also saw the raft and s

h-cover torn from the ship's deck; but it floated them fairly well

deep thunderclaps echoed far over the sea. The waves tossed the little raft here and there as a child tosses a rubber ball and Betsy h

bed his nose against the frightened girl and said "H

she cried helplessly, and the mule said "He

had become good friends; so, while the girl might have preferred a more powerful protector in th

d away with a few distant growls, and the waves had grown smaller and ea

y. Anyhow, he crouched on the raft beside the tired sleeping girl an

n. She sat up, rubbed her eye

e's land ahead!

red Hank in his

as they drew near Betsy could see banks of lovely flowers showing