Путешествие в Страну Оз

           ItwasownedbyagirlinButterfieldwhowaslovedtoomuch,sothattheyoungmenquarreledoverher,whichmadeherunhappy.AfterIhadstolentheMagnetfromher,onlyoneyoungmancontinuedtolovethegirl,andshemarriedhimandregainedherhappiness."

           "Areyousorryyoustoleit?"askedthePrincess.

           "No,yourHighness;I’mglad,"heanswered;"forithaspleasedmetobeloved,andifDorothyhadnotcaredformeIcouldnothaveaccompaniedhertothisbeautifulLandofOz,ormetitskind-heartedRuler.NowthatI’mhere,Ihopetoremain,andtobecomeoneofyourMajesty’smostfaithfulsubjects."

           "ButinOzwearelovedforourselvesalone,andforourkindnesstooneanother,andforourgooddeeds,"shesaid.

           "I’llgiveuptheLoveMagnet,"saidtheshaggyman,eagerly;"Dorothyshallhaveit."

           "ButeveryonelovesDorothyalready,"declaredtheWizard.

           "ThenButton-Brightshallhaveit."

           "Don’twantit,"saidtheboy,promptly.

           "ThenI’llgiveittotheWizard,forI’msurethelovelyPrincessOzmadoesnotneedit."

           "AllmypeoplelovetheWizard,too,"announcedthePrincess,laughing;"sowewillhangtheLoveMagnetoverthegatesoftheEmeraldCity,thatwhoevershallenterorleavethegatesmaybelovedandloving."

           "Thatisagoodidea,"saidtheshaggyman;"Iagreetoitmostwillingly."

           Thoseassemblednowwentintodinner,whichyoucanimaginewasagrandaffair;andafterwardOzmaaskedtheWizardtogivethemanexhibitionofhismagic.

           TheWizardtookeighttinywhitepigletsfromaninsidepocketandsetthemonthetable