Путешествие в Страну Оз

           "Wemayaswellsubmit,"declaredtheshaggyman,inaruefulvoice,ashegotuponhisfeetagain.Heturnedtowardtheirfoesandasked:

           "Whatdoyouwantustodo?"

           "Come!"theycried,inatriumphantchorus,andatoncesprangfromtherocksandsurroundedtheircaptivesonallsides.OnefunnythingabouttheScoodlerswastheycouldwalkineitherdirection,comingorgoing,withoutturningaround;becausetheyhadtwofacesand,asDorothysaid,"twofrontsides,"andtheirfeetwereshapedliketheletterTupsidedown.Theymovedwithgreatrapidityandtherewassomethingabouttheirglitteringeyesandcontrastingcolorsandremovableheadsthatinspiredthepoorprisonerswithhorror,andmadethemlongtoescape.

           Butthecreaturesledtheircaptivesawayfromtherocksandtheroad,downthehillbyasidepathuntiltheycamebeforealowmountainofrockthatlookedlikeahugebowlturnedupsidedown.Attheedgeofthismountainwasadeepgulf—sodeepthatwhenyoulookedintoittherewasnothingbutblacknessbelow.Acrossthegulfwasanarrowbridgeofrock,andattheotherendofthebridgewasanarchedopeningthatledintothemountain.

           OverthisbridgetheScoodlersledtheirprisoners,throughtheopeningintothemountain,whichtheyfoundtobeanimmensehollowdomelightedbyseveralholesintheroof.Allaroundthecircularspacewerebuiltrockhouses,setclosetogether,eachwithadoorinthefrontwall.Noneofthesehouseswasmorethansixfeetwide,buttheScoodlerswerethinpeoplesidewiseanddidnotneedmuchroom.