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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

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