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5. The Rainbow's Daughter
SuddenlyIbegantoslide,andIwentfasterandfasteruntilatlastIbumpedontheground,attheveryend.Justthenfatherliftedtherainbowagain,withoutnoticingmeatall,andthoughItriedtoseizetheendofitandholdfast,itmeltedawayentirelyandIwasleftaloneandhelplessonthecold,hardearth!"
"Itdoesn’tseemcoldtome,Polly,"saidDorothy;"butperhapsyou’renotwarmlydressed."
"I’msousedtolivingnearerthesun,"repliedtheRainbow’sDaughter,"thatatfirstIfearedIwouldfreezedownhere.Butmydancehaswarmedmesome,andnowIwonderhowIamevertogethomeagain."
"Won’tyourfathermissyou,andlookforyou,andletdownanotherrainbowforyou?"
"Perhapsso,buthe’sbusyjustnowbecauseitrainsinsomanypartsoftheworldatthisseason,andhehastosethisrainbowinalotofdifferentplaces.Whatwouldyouadvisemetodo,Dorothy?"
"Comewithus,"wastheanswer."I’mgoingtotrytofindmywaytotheEmeraldCity,whichisinthefairyLandofOz.TheEmeraldCityisruledbyafriendofmine,thePrincessOzma,andifwecanmanagetogetthereI’msureshewillknowawaytosendyouhometoyourfatheragain."
"Doyoureallythinkso?"askedPolychrome,anxiously.
"I’mprettysure."
"ThenI’llgowithyou,"saidthelittlemaid;"fortravelwillhelpkeepmewarm,andfathercanfindmeinonepartoftheworldaswellasanother—ifhegetstimetolookforme."
"Comealong,then,"saidtheshaggyman,cheerfully;andtheystartedononcemore
