Путешествие в Страну Оз

           "Weloveyouinsoup!"theyyelled,andinaflashturnedtheirwhitesidestothefront.

           "Howdreadful!"saidDorothy."Thisisatime,ShaggyMan,whenyougetlovedtoomuch."

           "Don’twanttobesoup!"wailedButton-Brightagain;andTotobegantowhinedismally,asifhedidn’twanttobesoup,either.

           "Theonlythingtodo,"saidtheshaggymantohisfriends,inalowtone,"istogetoutofthispocketintherocksassoonaswecan,andleavetheScoodlersbehindus.Followme,mydears,anddon’tpayanyattentiontowhattheydoorsay."

           Withthis,hebegantomarchalongtheroadtotheopeningintherocksahead,andtheotherskeptclosebehindhim.ButtheScoodlersclosedupinfront,asiftobartheirway,andsotheshaggymanstoopeddownandpickedupaloosestone,whichhethrewatthecreaturestoscarethemfromthepath.

           AtthistheScoodlersraisedahowl.Twoofthempickedtheirheadsfromtheirshouldersandhurledthemattheshaggymanwithsuchforcethathefelloverinaheap,greatlyastonished.Thetwonowranforwardwithswiftleaps,caughtuptheirheads,andputthemonagain,afterwhichtheysprangbacktotheirpositionsontherocks.