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9. Facing the Scoodlers

           

           "Lotsof’em!"criedButton-Bright;andsotherewere—quitearowofthetwo-sidedblackandwhitecreaturessittingontherocksallaround.

           TotostoppedbarkingandranbetweenDorothy’sfeet,wherehecroucheddownasifafraid.Thecreaturesdidnotlookpleasantorfriendly,tobesure,andtheshaggyman’sdonkeyfacebecamesolemn,indeed.

           "Ask’emwhotheyare,andwhattheywant,"whisperedDorothy;sotheshaggymancalledoutinaloudvoice:

           "Whoareyou?"

           "Scoodlers!"theyyelledinchorus,theirvoicessharpandshrill.

           "Whatdoyouwant?"calledtheshaggyman.

           "You!"theyyelled,pointingtheirthinfingersatthegroup;andtheyallfloppedaround,sotheywerewhite,andthenallfloppedbackagain,sotheywereblack.

           "Butwhatdoyouwantusfor?"askedtheshaggyman,uneasily.

           "Soup!"theyallshouted,asifwithonevoice.

           "Goodnessme!"saidDorothy,tremblingalittle;"theScoodlersmustbereg’larcannibals."

           "Don’twanttobesoup,"protestedButton-Bright,beginningtocry.

           "Hush,dear,"saidthelittlegirl,tryingtocomforthim;"wedon’tanyofuswanttobesoup.Butdon’tworry;theshaggymanwilltakecareofus."

           "Willhe?"askedPolychrome,whodidnotliketheScoodlersatall,andkeptclosetoDorothy.

           "I’lltry,"promisedtheshaggyman;buthelookedworried.

           HappeningjustthentofeeltheLoveMagnetinhispocket,hesaidtothecreatures,withmoreconfidence:

           "Don’tyouloveme?"

           "Yes!"theyshouted,alltogether.

           "Thenyoumustn’tharmme,ormyfriends,"saidtheshaggyman,firmly

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