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24. The Birthday Celebration

           "ThencametheservantsoftheRoyalPalace,inalongline,andbehindthemallthepeoplejoinedtheprocessionandmarchedawaythroughtheemeraldgatesandoutuponthebroadgreen.

           Herehadbeenerectedasplendidpavilion,withagrandstandbigenoughtoseatalltheroyalpartyandthosewhohadtakenpartintheprocession.Overthepavilion,whichwasofgreensilkandclothofgold,countlessbannerswavedinthebreeze.Justinfrontofthis,andconnectedwithitbyarunwayhadbeenbuiltabroadplatform,sothatallthespectatorscouldseeplainlytheentertainmentprovidedforthem.

           TheWizardnowbecameMasterofCeremonies,asOzmahadplacedtheconductoftheperformanceinhishands.Afterthepeoplehadallcongregatedabouttheplatformandtheroyalpartyandthevisitorswereseatedinthegrandstand,theWizardskillfullyperformedsomefeatsofjugglingglassballsandlightedcandles.Hetossedadozenorsoofthemhighintheairandcaughtthemonebyoneastheycamedown,withoutmissingany.

           ThenheintroducedtheScarecrow,whodidasword-swallowingactthatarousedmuchinterest.AfterthistheTinWoodmangaveanexhibitionofSwingingtheAxe,whichhemadetowhirlaroundhimsorapidlythattheeyecouldscarcelyfollowthemotionofthegleamingblade.

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