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           "Tohearistoobey,"answeredthebigredcolonel,andcaughtthechildbyherarm.ButatthatmomentTiktokraisedhisdinner-pailandpoundeditsoforciblyagainstthecolonel’sheadthatthebigofficersatdownuponthefloorwithasuddenbump,lookingbothdazedandverymuchastonished.

           "Help!"heshouted,andthetenleansoldierssprangtoassisttheirleader.

           Therewasgreatexcitementforthenextfewmoments,andTiktokhadknockeddownsevenofthearmy,whoweresprawlingineverydirectionuponthecarpet,whensuddenlythemachinepaused,withthedinner-pailraisedforanotherblow,andremainedperfectlymotionless.

           "Myac-tionhasrundown,"hecalledtoDorothy."Windmeup,quick."

           Shetriedtoobey,butthebigcolonelhadbythistimemanagedtogetuponhisfeetagain,sohegrabbedfastholdofthegirlandshewashelplesstoescape.

           "Thisistoobad,"saidthemachine."Ioughttohaverunsixhourslon-ger,atleast,butIsup-posemylongwalkandmyfightwiththeWheel-ersmademerundownfast-erthanus-u-al."

           "Well,itcan’tbehelped,"saidDorothy,withasigh.

           "Willyouexchangeheadswithme?"demandedthePrincess.

           "No,indeed!"criedDorothy.

           "Thenlockherup,"saidLangwideretohersoldiers,andtheyledDorothytoahightoweratthenorthofthepalaceandlockedhersecurelywithin.

           ThesoldiersafterwardtriedtoliftTiktok,buttheyfoundthemachinesosolidandheavythattheycouldnotstirit.Sotheylefthimstandinginthecenterofthedrawing-room