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15. How Dorothy Happened to Get Lost

           

           "We’retheSpoonBrigade,"saidone.

           "IntheserviceofhisMajestyKingKleaver,"saidanother.

           "Andyouareourprisoners,"saidathird.

           Dorothysatdownonanoldstumpandlookedatthem,hereyestwinklingwithamusement.

           "Whatwouldhappen,"sheinquired,"ifIshouldsetmydogonyourBrigade?"

           "Hewoulddie,"repliedoneofthespoons,sharply."Oneshotfromourdeadlymusketswouldkillhim,bigasheis."

           "Don’triskit,Dorothy,"advisedtheYellowHen."Rememberthisisafairycountry,yetnoneofusthreehappenstobeafairy."

           Dorothygrewsoberatthis.

           "P’rapsyou’reright,Billina,"sheanswered."Buthowfunnyitis,tobecapturedbyalotofspoons!"

           "Idonotseeanythingveryfunnyaboutit,"declaredaspoon."We’retheregularmilitarybrigadeofthekingdom."

           "Whatkingdom?"sheasked.

           "Utensia,"saidhe.

           "Ineverheardofitbefore,"assertedDorothy.Thensheaddedthoughtfully,"Idon’tbelieveOzmaeverheardofUtensia,either.Tellme,areyounotsubjectsofOzmaofOz?"

           "Wehaveneverheardofher,"retortedaspoon."WearesubjectsofKingKleaver,andobeyonlyhisorders,whicharetobringallprisonerstohimassoonastheyarecaptured.Sosteplively,mygirl,andmarchwithus,orwemaybetemptedtocutoffafewofyourtoeswithourswords."

           ThisthreatmadeDorothylaughagain.Shedidnotbelieveshewasinanydanger;butherewasanewandinterestingadventure,soshewaswillingtobetakentoUtensiathatshemightseewhatKingKleaver’skingdomwaslike.

           

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