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9. How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics
ThewonderfulWizardhadaskedtojointheparty,andwithhimcamehisfriendtheShaggyMan,whowasshaggybutnotragged,beingdressedinfinesilkswithsatinshagsandbobtails.TheShaggyManhadshaggywhiskersandhair,butasweetdispositionandasoft,pleasantvoice.
Therewasanopenwagon,withthreeseatsforthepassengers,andthewagonwasdrawnbythefamouswoodenSawhorsewhichhadoncebeenbroughttolifebyOzmabymeansofamagicpowder.TheSawhorseworewoodenshoestokeephiswoodenlegsfromwearingaway,andhewasstrongandswift.AsthiscuriouscreaturewasOzma’sownfavoritesteed,andverypopularwithallthepeopleoftheEmeraldCity,DorothyknewthatshehadbeenhighlyfavoredbybeingpermittedtousetheSawhorseonherjourney.
InthefrontseatofthewagonsatDorothyandtheWizard.UncleHenryandAuntEmsatinthenextseatandtheShaggyManandOmbyAmbyinthethirdseat.OfcourseTotowaswiththeparty,curledupatDorothy’sfeet,andjustastheywereabouttostart,Billinacameflutteringalongthepathandbeggedtobetakenwiththem.Dorothyreadilyagreed,sotheYellowHenflewupandperchedherselfuponthedashboard.Sheworeherpearlnecklaceandthreebraceletsuponeachleg,inhonoroftheoccasion.
DorothykissedOzmagood-bye,andallthepeoplestandingaroundwavedtheirhandkerchiefs,andthebandinanupperbalconystruckupamilitarymarch.ThentheWizardcluckedtotheSawhorseandsaid:"Gid-dap!"andthewoodenanimalprancedawayanddrewbehindhimthebigredwagonandallthepassengers,withoutanyeffortatall.
