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1. The Way to Butterfield

           Shetriedtocountthem,knowingthereoughttobefive,butwhenshehadcountedseventeenshegrewbewilderedandstopped,fortheroadswereasmanyasthespokesofawheelandranineverydirectionfromtheplacewheretheystood;soifshekeptoncountingshewaslikelytocountsomeoftheroadstwice.

           "Dearme!"sheexclaimed."Thereusedtobeonlyfiveroads,highwayandall.Andnow—why,where’sthehighway,ShaggyMan?"

           "Can’tsay,miss,"heresponded,sittingdownuponthegroundasiftiredwithstanding."Wasn’tithereaminuteago?"

           "Ithoughtso,"sheanswered,greatlyperplexed."AndIsawthegopherholes,too,andthedeadstump;butthey’renotherenow.Theseroadsareallstrange—andwhatalotofthemthereare!Wheredoyousupposetheyallgoto?"

           "Roads,"observedtheshaggyman,"don’tgoanywhere.Theystayinoneplace,sofolkscanwalkonthem."

           Heputhishandinhisside-pocketanddrewoutanapple—quick,beforeTotocouldbitehimagain.Thelittledoggothisheadoutthistimeandsaid"Bow-wow!"soloudlythatitmadeDorothyjump.

           "O,Toto!"shecried;"wheredidyoucomefrom?"

           "Ibroughthimalong,"saidtheshaggyman.

           "Whatfor?"sheasked.

           "Toguardtheseapplesinmypocket,miss,sonoonewouldstealthem."

           Withonehandtheshaggymanheldtheapple,whichhebeganeating,whilewiththeotherhandhepulledTotooutofhispocketanddroppedhimtotheground.OfcourseTotomadeforDorothyatonce,barkingjoyfullyathisreleasefromthedarkpocket.

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