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12. A Wonderful Escape
Theotherfourwingswerethenfastenedtothebuggy,twooneachside,forthebuggymustbeartheweightofthechildrenandtheWizardasitflewthroughtheair.
Thesepreparationshadnotconsumedagreatdealoftime,butthesleepingGargoyleswerebeginningtowakeupandmovearound,andsoonsomeofthemwouldbehuntingfortheirmissingwings.Sotheprisonersresolvedtoleavetheirprisonatonce.
Theymountedintothebuggy,DorothyholdingEurekasafeinherlap.Thegirlsatinthemiddleoftheseat,withZebandtheWizardoneachsideofher.Whenallwasreadytheboyshookthereinsandsaid:
"Flyaway,Jim!"
"WhichwingsmustIflopfirst?"askedthecab-horse,undecidedly.
"Flopthemalltogether,"suggestedtheWizard.
"Someofthemarecrooked,"objectedthehorse.
"Nevermind;wewillsteerwiththewingsonthebuggy,"saidZeb."Justyoulightoutandmakeforthatrock,Jim;anddon’twasteanytimeaboutit,either."
Sothehorsegaveagroan,floppeditsfourwingsalltogether,andflewawayfromtheplatform.Dorothywasalittleanxiousaboutthesuccessoftheirtrip,forthewayJimarchedhislongneckandspreadouthisbonylegsasheflutteredandflounderedthroughtheairwasenoughtomakeanybodynervous.Hegroaned,too,asiffrightened,andthewingscreakeddreadfullybecausetheWizardhadforgottentooilthem;buttheykeptfairlygoodtimewiththewingsofthebuggy,sothattheymadeexcellentprogressfromthestart