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           Wheneversheapproachedtheshaggymanhewouldwhispersomethinginherear,andPollywouldnodherprettyheadasifsheunderstood.

           TheshaggymantoldDorothyandButton-Brighttostandbeforehimwhileheemptiedthepotatoesoutofoneofthesacks.Whenthishadbeensecretlydone,littlePolychrome,dancingneartotheguard,suddenlyreachedoutherhandandslappedhisface,thenextinstantwhirlingawayfromhimquicklytorejoinherfriends.

           TheangryScoodleratoncepickedoffhisheadandhurleditattheRainbow’sDaughter;buttheshaggymanwasexpectingthat,andcaughttheheadveryneatly,puttingitinthesack,whichhetiedatthemouth.Thebodyoftheguard,nothavingtheeyesofitsheadtoguideit,ranhereandthereinanaimlessmanner,andtheshaggymaneasilydodgeditandopenedthedoor.Fortunately,therewasnooneinthebigcaveatthatmoment,sohetoldDorothyandPollytorunasfastastheycouldfortheentrance,andoutacrossthenarrowbridge.

           "I’llcarryButton-Bright,"hesaid,forheknewthelittleboy’slegsweretooshorttorunfast.

           DorothypickedupTotoandthenseizedPolly’shandandranswiftlytowardtheentrancetothecave.TheshaggymanperchedButton-Brightonhisshouldersandranafterthem.TheymovedsoquicklyandtheirescapewassowhollyunexpectedthattheyhadalmostreachedthebridgewhenoneoftheScoodlerslookedoutofhishouseandsawthem.

           Thecreatureraisedashrillcrythatbroughtallofitsfellowsboundingoutofthenumerousdoors,andatoncetheystartedinchase.