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3. The Arrival of the Wizard

           "

           "Mangaboos,"saidtheSorcerer,correctinghim."IfyouareaWizardyououghttobeabletocallpeoplebytheirrightnames."

           "Oh,I’maWizard;youmaybesureofthat.JustasgoodaWizardasyouareaSorcerer."

           "Thatremainstobeseen,"saidtheother.

           "Ifyouareabletoprovethatyouarebetter,"saidthePrincetothelittleman,"IwillmakeyoutheChiefWizardofthisdomain.Otherwise—"

           "Whatwillhappenotherwise?"askedtheWizard.

           "Iwillstopyoufromlivingandforbidyoutobeplanted,"returnedthePrince.

           "Thatdoesnotsoundespeciallypleasant,"saidthelittleman,lookingattheonewiththestaruneasily."Butnevermind.I’llbeatOldPrickly,allright."

           "MynameisGwig,"saidtheSorcerer,turninghisheartless,crueleyesuponhisrival."LetmeseeyouequalthesorceryIamabouttoperform."

           Hewavedathornyhandandatoncethetinklingofbellswasheard,playingsweetmusic.Yet,lookwhereshewould,Dorothycoulddiscovernobellsatallinthegreatglasshall.

           TheMangaboopeoplelistened,butshowednogreatinterest.ItwasoneofthethingsGwigusuallydidtoprovehewasasorcerer.

           NowwastheWizard’sturn,sohesmiledupontheassemblageandasked:

           "Willsomebodykindlyloanmeahat?"

           Noonedid,becausetheMangaboosdidnotwearhats,andZebhadlosthis,somehow,inhisflightthroughtheair.

           "Ahem!"saidtheWizard,"willsomebodypleaseloanmeahandkerchief?"

           Buttheyhadnohandkerchiefs,either.

           "Verygood,"remarkedtheWizard."I’llusemyownhat,ifyouplease.Now,goodpeople,observemecarefully.

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