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2. The Glass City
Shebegantorealizethatdeathwasnotinstoreforher,afterall,butthatshehadmerelystarteduponanotheradventure,whichpromisedtobejustasqueerandunusualaswerethoseshehadbeforeencountered.
Withthisthoughtinmindthegirltookheartandleanedherheadoverthesideofthebuggytoseewherethestrangelightwascomingfrom.Farbelowhershefoundsixgreatglowingballssuspendedintheair.Thecentralandlargestonewaswhite,andremindedherofthesun.Arounditwerearranged,likethefivepointsofastar,theotherfivebrilliantballs;onebeingrosecolored,oneviolet,oneyellow,oneblueandoneorange.Thissplendidgroupofcoloredsunssentraysdartingineverydirection,andasthehorseandbuggy—withDorothyandZeb—sanksteadilydownwardandcamenearertothelights,theraysbegantotakeonallthedelicatetintingsofarainbow,growingmoreandmoredistincteverymomentuntilallthespacewasbrilliantlyilluminated.
Dorothywastoodazedtosaymuch,butshewatchedoneofJim’sbigearsturntovioletandtheothertorose,andwonderedthathistailshouldbeyellowandhisbodystripedwithblueandorangelikethestripesofazebra.ThenshelookedatZeb,whosefacewasblueandwhosehairwaspink,andgavealittlelaughthatsoundedabitnervous.
"Isn’titfunny?"shesaid.
Theboywasstartledandhiseyeswerebig.Dorothyhadagreenstreakthroughthecenterofherfacewheretheblueandyellowlightscametogether,andherappearanceseemedtoaddtohisfright.
"I—Idon’ts-s-seeany-thingfunny—’boutit!"hestammered.
