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THE SECOND IN IMPORTANCE IS AS FOLLOWS SOVEREIGNTY MAY BE DEFINED TO BE THE RIGHT OF MAKING LAWS IN FRANCE THE KING REALLY EXERCISES A PORTION OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER SINCE THE LAWS HAVE NO WEIGHT

TILL HE HAS GIVEN HIS ASSENT TO THEM HE IS MOREOVER THE EXECUTOR OF ALL THEY ORDAIN THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO THE EXECUTOR OF THE LAWS BUT HE DOES NOT REALLY CO OPERATE IN THEIR FORMATION

SINCE THE REFUSAL OF HIS ASSENT DOES NOT ANNUL THEM HE IS THEREFORE MERELY TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE AGENT OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER BUT NOT ONLY DOES THE KING OF FRANCE EXERCISE A PORTION OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER

HE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE NOMINATION OF THE LEGISLATURE WHICH EXERCISES THE OTHER PORTION HE HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF ONE CHAMBER AND OF DISSOLVING THE OTHER AT HIS PLEASURE

WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS NO SHARE IN THE FORMATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND CANNOT DISSOLVE ANY PART OF IT THE KING HAS THE SAME RIGHT OF BRINGING FORWARD MEASURES AS THE CHAMBERS A RIGHT WHICH THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT POSSESS

THE KING IS REPRESENTED IN EACH ASSEMBLY BY HIS MINISTERS WHO EXPLAIN HIS INTENTIONS SUPPORT HIS OPINIONS AND MAINTAIN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GOVERNMENT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS MINISTERS ARE ALIKE EXCLUDED FROM CONGRESS

SO THAT HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS OPINIONS CAN ONLY PENETRATE INDIRECTLY INTO THAT GREAT BODY THE KING OF FRANCE IS THEREFORE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH THE LEGISLATURE WHICH CAN NO MORE ACT WITHOUT HIM THAN HE CAN WITHOUT IT

THE PRESIDENT EXERCISES AN AUTHORITY INFERIOR TO AND DEPENDING UPON THAT OF THE LEGISLATURE EVEN IN THE EXERCISE OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER PROPERLY SO CALLED THE POINT UPON WHICH HIS POSITION

SEEMS TO BE MOST ANALOGOUS TO THAT OF THE KING OF FRANCE THE PRESIDENT LABORS UNDER SEVERAL CAUSES OF INFERIORITY THE AUTHORITY OF THE KING IN FRANCE HAS IN THE FIRST PLACE THE ADVANTAGE OF DURATION OVER THAT OF THE PRESIDENT

AND DURABILITY IS ONE OF THE CHIEF ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH NOTHING IS EITHER LOVED OR FEARED BUT WHAT IS LIKELY TO ENDURE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A MAGISTRATE ELECTED FOR FOUR YEARS THE KING IN FRANCE

IN THE EXERCISE OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS CONSTANTLY SUBJECT TO A JEALOUS SCRUTINY HE MAY MAKE BUT HE CANNOT CONCLUDE A TREATY

BUT IN FACT IT EXISTS IN AMERICA IT ACTS BY ELECTIONS AND DECREES IN FRANCE IT PROCEEDS BY REVOLUTIONS BUT NOTWITHSTANDING THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THESE TWO COUNTRIES

PUBLIC OPINION IS THE PREDOMINANT AUTHORITY IN BOTH OF THEM THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF LEGISLATION A PRINCIPLE ESSENTIALLY REPUBLICAN IS THE SAME IN BOTH COUNTRIES

ALTHOUGH ITS CONSEQUENCES MAY BE DIFFERENT AND ITS RESULTS MORE OR LESS EXTENSIVE WHENCE I AM LED TO CONCLUDE THAT FRANCE WITH ITS KING IS NEARER AKIN TO A REPUBLIC THAN THE UNION WITH ITS PRESIDENT IS TO A MONARCHY

THE CONTRAST WOULD HAVE BEEN RENDERED STILL MORE STRIKING I HAVE REMARKED THAT THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS ONLY EXERCISED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A PARTIAL SOVEREIGNTY

I MIGHT HAVE GONE ON TO SHOW THAT THE POWER OF THE KING'S GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE EXCEEDS ITS NATURAL LIMITS HOWEVER EXTENSIVE THEY MAY BE AND PENETRATES IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRIVATE INTERESTS

AMONGST THE EXAMPLES OF THIS INFLUENCE MAY BE QUOTED THAT WHICH RESULTS FROM THE GREAT NUMBER OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONARIES WHO ALL DERIVE THEIR APPOINTMENTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THIS NUMBER NOW EXCEEDS ALL PREVIOUS LIMITS

THE PRESIDENT HAS NO OPPORTUNITY OF EXERCISING HIS GREAT PREROGATIVES IN THE PREROGATIVES HE EXERCISES HE IS WEAK IF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT IS FEEBLER IN AMERICA THAN IN FRANCE THE CAUSE IS MORE ATTRIBUTABLE

TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAN TO THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY IT IS CHIEFLY IN ITS FOREIGN RELATIONS THAT THE EXECUTIVE POWER OF A NATION IS CALLED UPON TO EXERT ITS SKILL AND ITS VIGOR

AND THOSE WHICH IT WOULD CARRY INTO EFFECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY

ANXIETY OF THE PRESIDENT CALM WHICH SUCCEEDS THE AGITATION OF THE ELECTION

AND WHAT PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN BY THE LEGISLATORS TO OBVIATE ITS DANGERS

WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH SECURITY THE VAST EXTENT OF THE COUNTRY AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE INHABITANTS RENDER A COLLISION BETWEEN PARTIES LESS PROBABLE AND LESS DANGEROUS THERE THAN ELSEWHERE

PRESENTED NO REAL EMBARRASSMENTS TO THE NATION NEVERTHELESS

THE INFLUENCE WHICH HE EXERCISES ON PUBLIC BUSINESS IS NO DOUBT FEEBLE AND INDIRECT BUT THE CHOICE OF THE PRESIDENT WHICH IS OF SMALL IMPORTANCE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN CONCERNS THE CITIZENS COLLECTIVELY

AND HOWEVER TRIFLING AN INTEREST MAY BE IT ASSUMES A GREAT DEGREE OF IMPORTANCE AS SOON AS IT BECOMES GENERAL

ARE SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS TO INTEREST DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SEVERAL THOUSAND ELECTORS IN HIS SUCCESS POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE LED TO RALLY ROUND AN INDIVIDUAL IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE A MORE TANGIBLE SHAPE IN THE EYES OF THE CROWD

AND THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY IS PUT FORWARD AS THE SYMBOL AND PERSONIFICATION OF THEIR THEORIES FOR THESE REASONS PARTIES ARE STRONGLY INTERESTED IN GAINING THE ELECTION NOT SO MUCH WITH A VIEW TO THE TRIUMPH OF THEIR PRINCIPLES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT

AS TO SHOW BY THE MAJORITY WHICH RETURNED HIM THE STRENGTH OF THE SUPPORTERS OF THOSE PRINCIPLES FOR A LONG WHILE BEFORE THE APPOINTED TIME IS AT HAND THE ELECTION BECOMES THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THE ALL ENGROSSING TOPIC OF DISCUSSION

THE ARDOR OF FACTION IS REDOUBLED AND ALL THE ARTIFICIAL PASSIONS WHICH THE IMAGINATION CAN CREATE IN THE BOSOM OF A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL LAND ARE AGITATED AND BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE PRESIDENT ON THE OTHER HAND IS ABSORBED BY THE CARES OF SELF DEFENCE

AND AN ATOLL IS LEFT AND THE LAND HAS BEEN REMOVED WE CAN NOW PERCEIVE HOW IT COMES THAT

RESEMBLE THEM IN GENERAL SIZE FORM IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY ARE GROUPED TOGETHER AND IN THEIR ARRANGEMENT IN SINGLE OR DOUBLE LINES FOR THEY MAY BE CALLED RUDE OUTLINE CHARTS OF THE SUNKEN ISLANDS OVER WHICH THEY STAND

WHICH HAVE SO LONG EXCITED THE ATTENTION OF VOYAGERS AS WELL AS IN THE NO LESS WONDERFUL BARRIER REEFS WHETHER ENCIRCLING SMALL ISLANDS OR STRETCHING FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES ALONG THE SHORES OF A CONTINENT ARE SIMPLY EXPLAINED

IT MUST EVER BE TO DETECT A MOVEMENT THE TENDENCY OF WHICH IS TO HIDE UNDER WATER THE PART AFFECTED NEVERTHELESS AT KEELING ATOLL I OBSERVED ON ALL SIDES OF THE LAGOON OLD COCOA NUT TREES UNDERMINED AND FALLING AND IN ONE PLACE THE FOUNDATION POSTS OF A SHED

WHICH THE INHABITANTS ASSERTED HAD STOOD SEVEN YEARS BEFORE JUST ABOVE HIGH WATER MARK BUT NOW WAS DAILY WASHED BY EVERY TIDE ON INQUIRY I FOUND THAT THREE EARTHQUAKES ONE OF THEM SEVERE HAD BEEN FELT HERE DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS

AT VANIKORO THE LAGOON CHANNEL IS REMARKABLY DEEP SCARCELY ANY ALLUVIAL SOIL HAS ACCUMULATED AT THE FOOT OF THE LOFTY INCLUDED MOUNTAINS AND REMARKABLY FEW ISLETS HAVE BEEN FORMED BY THE HEAPING OF FRAGMENTS AND SAND ON THE WALL LIKE BARRIER REEF

THESE FACTS AND SOME ANALOGOUS ONES LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS ISLAND MUST LATELY HAVE SUBSIDED AND THE REEF GROWN UPWARDS HERE AGAIN EARTHQUAKES ARE FREQUENT AND VERY SEVERE IN THE SOCIETY ARCHIPELAGO ON THE OTHER HAND

WHERE THE LAGOON CHANNELS ARE ALMOST CHOKED UP WHERE MUCH LOW ALLUVIAL LAND HAS ACCUMULATED AND WHERE IN SOME CASES LONG ISLETS HAVE BEEN FORMED ON THE BARRIER REEFS FACTS ALL SHOWING THAT THE ISLANDS HAVE NOT VERY LATELY SUBSIDED ONLY FEEBLE SHOCKS ARE MOST RARELY FELT

IN THESE CORAL FORMATIONS WHERE THE LAND AND WATER SEEM STRUGGLING FOR MASTERY IT MUST BE EVER DIFFICULT TO DECIDE BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF A CHANGE IN THE SET OF THE TIDES AND OF A SLIGHT SUBSIDENCE THAT MANY OF THESE REEFS AND ATOLLS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES OF SOME KIND IS CERTAIN

IN OTHER PARTS THE CORALS ARE NOW FLOURISHING ON WATER WASHED REEFS WHERE HOLES MADE FOR GRAVES ATTEST THE FORMER EXISTENCE OF INHABITED LAND IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IN FREQUENT CHANGES IN THE TIDAL CURRENTS OF AN OPEN OCEAN

AND SUDDEN DRAUGHTS FROM AN OPENING DOOR SET OUR TEETH CHATTERING I OFTEN WISHED MYSELF ON A SPIT TO REVOLVE SLOWLY BEFORE THE FIRE UNTIL THOROUGHLY ROASTED NOT FROM ANY WANT OF AIR I ASSURE YOU

I FOR ONE LOVE A SNUG HOUSE EVEN A WARM HOUSE I AM OF A CHILLY TEMPERAMENT

I BANISH ALL BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT FROM MY TABLE I STUDIOUSLY AVOID ALL NOTORIOUS FRESH AIR LOVERS OR TRY IN EVERY WAY TO BRING OVER THE POOR MISGUIDED MORTALS TO MY VIEWS BUT IT IS OF NO USE FRESH AIR IS THE FASHION

ARE STANDING IN THE DRAUGHT AND SUCH A WHIRLWIND IS RAISED BY THE FLIRTING OF FANS AND THE RUSH OF THE DANCERS THAT I AM BLOWN LIKE A DRY LEAF INTO A CORNER WHERE I STAND SHIVERING AND MAKING RUEFUL ATTEMPTS TO APPEAR SMILING AND HOSPITABLE

I GO OUT TO PASS A SOCIAL AFTERNOON WITH A FRIEND AND AM SET DOWN IN A ROOM JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING POINT WITH A LITTLE CRACK OPENED IN THE WINDOW AND ALL THE DOORS FLYING TO CHANGE THE AIR

I RIDE IN THE OMNIBUS AND AM ALMOST CHOKED WITH MY BONNET STRINGS SUCH A FURIOUS DRAUGHT MEETS ME IN THE FACE AND WHEN WITH INFINITE PAINS I HAVE SECURED THE ONLY TOLERABLY WARM CORNER MY NEXT NEIGHBOR BECOMES VERY FAINT AND MUST HAVE THE WINDOW OPEN

EVEN THE POOR BABIES ARE NOT SAFE FROM THIS POPULAR INSANITY YOU MAY SEE THE LITTLE VICTIMS ANY DAY TAKING AN AIRING WITH THEIR LITTLE RED NOSES AND WATERY EYES PEEPING FORTH FROM UNDER THE CAP AND FEATHERS

VERY NOISY AND FULLY BENT UPON STIRRING ME UP AND MAKING ME TAKE EXERCISE AFTER SNAPPING THE DOOR OPEN AND SLAMMING IT BEHIND HER WITH A CLAP THAT GREATLY DISTURBED MY NERVES SHE EXCLAIMED IN A STENTORIAN VOICE

O DEAR ME I SHALL DIE IN SUCH AN OVEN MY DEAR CHILD YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HOT IT IS AND THE FIRST THING I KNEW UP WOULD GO A WINDOW WITH A CRASH THAT MADE THE WEIGHTS RATTLE IT MIGHT RAIN OR SHINE

AND FINALLY ENVELOPED ME WITH THE STEAM ARISING FROM THEM AS THEY HUNG AROUND MY FIRE IT ROUSED MY INDIGNATION THAT SHE SHOULD MAKE HERSELF AND EVERY BODY ELSE SO UNCOMFORTABLE

HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT WAS SECURED AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANT AND WHEN HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THEIR INCOMPREHENSION DEEPENED IT SEEMED THAT THE MASTERSHIP ISSUED MONEY TO FINANCE ITSELF

AND INDIVIDUAL MASTERS ISSUED MONEY ON THEIR PERSONAL CREDIT AND IT WAS HANDLED THROUGH THE MASTERSHIP BANKS THAT'S FEDRIG DAFFYSAN'S MANAGEMENT HE ISN'T HERE ROVARD JAVASAN SAID I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT MYSELF

IT'S GETTING AWFUL ROUGH WALKING SAID DOROTHY AS THEY TRUDGED ALONG BUTTON BRIGHT GAVE A DEEP SIGH AND SAID HE WAS HUNGRY INDEED ALL WERE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY TOO FOR THEY HAD EATEN NOTHING BUT THE APPLES SINCE BREAKFAST

SO THEIR STEPS LAGGED AND THEY GREW SILENT AND WEARY AT LAST THEY SLOWLY PASSED OVER THE CREST OF A BARREN HILL AND SAW BEFORE THEM A LINE OF GREEN TREES WITH A STRIP OF GRASS AT THEIR FEET

AN AGREEABLE FRAGRANCE WAS WAFTED TOWARD THEM OUR TRAVELERS HOT AND TIRED RAN FORWARD ON BEHOLDING THIS REFRESHING SIGHT AND WERE NOT LONG IN COMING TO THE TREES HERE THEY FOUND A SPRING OF PURE BUBBLING WATER

AROUND WHICH THE GRASS WAS FULL OF WILD STRAWBERRY PLANTS THEIR PRETTY RED BERRIES RIPE AND READY TO EAT SOME OF THE TREES BORE YELLOW ORANGES AND SOME RUSSET PEARS

SO THE HUNGRY ADVENTURERS SUDDENLY FOUND THEMSELVES PROVIDED WITH PLENTY TO EAT AND TO DRINK THEY LOST NO TIME IN PICKING THE BIGGEST STRAWBERRIES AND RIPEST ORANGES AND SOON HAD FEASTED TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT

WALKING BEYOND THE LINE OF TREES THEY SAW BEFORE THEM A FEARFUL DISMAL DESERT EVERYWHERE GRAY SAND AT THE EDGE OF THIS AWFUL WASTE

AND THE LETTERS MADE THESE WORDS ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED NOT TO VENTURE UPON THIS DESERT FOR THE DEADLY SANDS WILL TURN ANY LIVING FLESH TO DUST IN AN INSTANT

BEYOND THIS BARRIER IS THE LAND OF OZ BUT NO ONE CAN REACH THAT BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THESE DESTROYING SANDS OH SAID DOROTHY WHEN THE SHAGGY MAN HAD READ THE SIGN ALOUD

I'VE SEEN THIS DESERT BEFORE AND IT'S TRUE NO ONE CAN LIVE WHO TRIES TO WALK UPON THE SANDS THEN WE MUSN'T TRY IT ANSWERED THE SHAGGY MAN THOUGHTFULLY

I WISH FATHER WOULD COME FOR ME SIGHED THE PRETTY RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER I WOULD TAKE YOU ALL TO LIVE UPON THE RAINBOW WHERE YOU COULD DANCE ALONG ITS RAYS FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT WITHOUT A CARE OR WORRY OF ANY SORT

BUT I SUPPOSE FATHER'S TOO BUSY JUST NOW TO SEARCH THE WORLD FOR ME DON'T WANT TO DANCE SAID BUTTON BRIGHT SITTING DOWN WEARILY UPON THE SOFT GRASS IT'S VERY GOOD OF YOU POLLY SAID DOROTHY

BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD SUIT ME BETTER THAN DANCING ON RAINBOWS I'M FRAID THEY'D BE KIND OF SOFT AN SQUASHY UNDER FOOT ANYHOW ALTHOUGH THEY'RE SO PRETTY TO LOOK AT THIS DIDN'T HELP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM

JUST AS IF HE COULD NOT TELL EITHER WHAT TO DO BUTTON BRIGHT GOT A STICK AND BEGAN TO DIG IN THE EARTH AND THE OTHERS WATCHED HIM FOR A WHILE IN DEEP THOUGHT FINALLY THE SHAGGY MAN SAID

IT'S NEARLY EVENING NOW SO WE MAY AS WELL SLEEP IN THIS PRETTY PLACE AND GET RESTED PERHAPS BY MORNING WE CAN DECIDE WHAT IS BEST TO BE DONE THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE TO MAKE BEDS FOR THE CHILDREN

LONG AFTER THE OTHERS WERE ASLEEP HOWEVER THE SHAGGY MAN SAT IN THE STARLIGHT BY THE SPRING GAZING THOUGHTFULLY INTO ITS BUBBLING WATERS SUDDENLY HE SMILED AND NODDED TO HIMSELF

AS IF HE HAD FOUND A GOOD THOUGHT AFTER WHICH HE TOO LAID HIMSELF DOWN UNDER A TREE AND WAS SOON LOST IN SLUMBER IN THE BRIGHT MORNING SUNSHINE AS THEY ATE OF THE STRAWBERRIES AND SWEET JUICY PEARS DOROTHY SAID

POLLY CAN YOU DO ANY MAGIC NO DEAR ANSWERED POLYCHROME SHAKING HER DAINTY HEAD YOU OUGHT TO KNOW SOME MAGIC BEING THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER CONTINUED DOROTHY EARNESTLY

REPLIED POLYCHROME WHAT I'D LIKE SAID DOROTHY IS TO FIND SOME WAY TO CROSS THE DESERT TO THE LAND OF OZ AND ITS EMERALD CITY I'VE CROSSED IT ALREADY YOU KNOW MORE THAN ONCE FIRST A CYCLONE CARRIED MY HOUSE OVER

AND SOME SILVER SHOES BROUGHT ME BACK AGAIN IN HALF A SECOND THEN OZMA TOOK ME OVER ON HER MAGIC CARPET AND THE NOME KING'S MAGIC BELT TOOK ME HOME THAT TIME

AND WE CAN'T SPECT A CYCLONE TO HAPPEN ALONG AND TAKE US TO THE EMERALD CITY NOW NO INDEED RETURNED POLLY WITH A SHUDDER I HATE CYCLONES ANYWAY

SAID THE LITTLE KANSAS GIRL I'M SURE I CAN'T AND I'M SURE BUTTON BRIGHT CAN'T AND THE ONLY MAGIC THE SHAGGY MAN HAS IS THE LOVE MAGNET WHICH WON'T HELP US MUCH DON'T BE TOO SURE OF THAT MY DEAR

SPOKE THE SHAGGY MAN A SMILE ON HIS DONKEY FACE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO MAGIC MYSELF BUT I CAN CALL TO US A POWERFUL FRIEND WHO LOVES ME BECAUSE I OWN THE LOVE MAGNET

AND THIS FRIEND SURELY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US WHO IS YOUR FRIEND ASKED DOROTHY

WHAT CAN JOHNNY DO ANYTHING ANSWERED THE SHAGGY MAN WITH CONFIDENCE ASK HIM TO COME SHE EXCLAIMED EAGERLY THE SHAGGY MAN TOOK THE LOVE MAGNET FROM HIS POCKET AND UNWRAPPED THE PAPER THAT SURROUNDED IT

HOLDING THE CHARM IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND HE LOOKED AT IT STEADILY AND SAID THESE WORDS DEAR JOHNNY DOOIT COME TO ME I NEED YOU BAD AS BAD CAN BE

WELL HERE I AM SAID A CHEERY LITTLE VOICE BUT YOU SHOULDN'T SAY YOU NEED ME BAD CAUSE I'M ALWAYS ALWAYS GOOD AT THIS THEY QUICKLY WHIRLED AROUND TO FIND A FUNNY LITTLE MAN SITTING ON A BIG COPPER CHEST

PUFFING SMOKE FROM A LONG PIPE HIS HAIR WAS GREY HIS WHISKERS WERE GREY AND THESE WHISKERS WERE SO LONG THAT HE HAD WOUND THE ENDS OF THEM AROUND HIS WAIST AND TIED THEM IN A HARD KNOT UNDERNEATH THE LEATHER APRON

THAT REACHED FROM HIS CHIN NEARLY TO HIS FEET AND WHICH WAS SOILED AND SCRATCHED AS IF IT HAD BEEN USED A LONG TIME HIS NOSE WAS BROAD AND STUCK UP A LITTLE

AND DOROTHY THOUGHT JOHNNY DOOIT LOOKED AS IF HE HAD DONE A LOT OF HARD WORK IN HIS LIFETIME GOOD MORNING JOHNNY SAID THE SHAGGY MAN THANK YOU FOR COMING TO ME SO QUICKLY I NEVER WASTE TIME SAID THE NEWCOMER PROMPTLY

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU WHERE DID YOU GET THAT DONKEY HEAD REALLY I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN YOU AT ALL SHAGGY MAN IF I HADN'T LOOKED AT YOUR FEET THE SHAGGY MAN INTRODUCED JOHNNY DOOIT TO DOROTHY AND TOTO AND BUTTON BRIGHT AND THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER

AND TOLD HIM THE STORY OF THEIR ADVENTURES ADDING THAT THEY WERE ANXIOUS NOW TO REACH THE EMERALD CITY IN THE LAND OF OZ WHERE DOROTHY HAD FRIENDS WHO WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEM AND SEND THEM SAFE HOME AGAIN BUT

SAID HE WE FIND THAT WE CAN'T CROSS THIS DESERT WHICH TURNS ALL LIVING FLESH THAT TOUCHES IT INTO DUST SO I HAVE ASKED YOU TO COME AND HELP US JOHNNY DOOIT PUFFED HIS PIPE

YOU MUST RIDE HE SAID BRISKLY WHAT IN ASKED THE SHAGGY MAN IN A SAND BOAT WHICH HAS RUNNERS LIKE A SLED AND SAILS LIKE A SHIP THE WIND WILL BLOW YOU SWIFTLY ACROSS THE DESERT

AND THE SAND CANNOT TOUCH YOUR FLESH TO TURN IT INTO DUST GOOD CRIED DOROTHY CLAPPING HER HANDS DELIGHTEDLY THAT WAS THE WAY THE MAGIC CARPET TOOK US ACROSS WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TOUCH THE HORRID SAND AT ALL

ASKED THE SHAGGY MAN LOOKING ALL AROUND HIM I'LL MAKE YOU ONE SAID JOHNNY DOOIT AS HE SPOKE

HE KNOCKED THE ASHES FROM HIS PIPE AND PUT IT IN HIS POCKET THEN HE UNLOCKED THE COPPER CHEST AND LIFTED THE LID AND DOROTHY SAW IT WAS FULL OF SHINING TOOLS OF ALL SORTS AND SHAPES JOHNNY DOOIT MOVED QUICKLY NOW

SO QUICKLY THAT THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT THE WORK HE WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH HE HAD IN HIS CHEST A TOOL FOR EVERYTHING HE WANTED TO DO AND THESE MUST HAVE BEEN MAGIC TOOLS BECAUSE THEY DID THEIR WORK SO FAST AND SO WELL

THE MAN HUMMED A LITTLE SONG AS HE WORKED AND DOROTHY TRIED TO LISTEN TO IT SHE THOUGHT THE WORDS WERE SOMETHING LIKE THESE

WHATEVER JOHNNY DOOIT WAS SINGING HE WAS CERTAINLY DOING THINGS AND THEY ALL STOOD BY AND WATCHED HIM IN AMAZEMENT HE SEIZED AN AXE AND IN A COUPLE OF CHOPS FELLED A TREE

NEXT HE TOOK A SAW AND IN A FEW MINUTES SAWED THE TREE TRUNK INTO BROAD LONG BOARDS HE THEN NAILED THE BOARDS TOGETHER INTO THE SHAPE OF A BOAT ABOUT TWELVE FEET LONG AND FOUR FEET WIDE

HE CUT FROM ANOTHER TREE A LONG SLENDER POLE WHICH WHEN TRIMMED OF ITS BRANCHES AND FASTENED UPRIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOAT SERVED AS A MAST

ARRANGING IT SO IT COULD BE RAISED OR LOWERED UPON THE MAST DOROTHY FAIRLY GASPED WITH WONDER TO SEE THE THING GROW SO SPEEDILY BEFORE HER EYES AND BOTH BUTTON BRIGHT AND POLLY LOOKED ON WITH THE SAME ABSORBED INTEREST

IT OUGHT TO BE PAINTED SAID JOHNNY DOOIT TOSSING HIS TOOLS BACK INTO THE CHEST FOR THAT WOULD MAKE IT LOOK PRETTIER BUT THOUGH I CAN PAINT IT FOR YOU IN THREE SECONDS IT WOULD TAKE AN HOUR TO DRY AND THAT'S A WASTE OF TIME

WE DON'T CARE HOW IT LOOKS SAID THE SHAGGY MAN IF ONLY IT WILL TAKE US ACROSS THE DESERT IT WILL DO THAT DECLARED JOHNNY DOOIT ALL YOU NEED WORRY ABOUT IS TIPPING OVER DID YOU EVER SAIL A SHIP

THOUGH HE DID INDEED DESERVE TO BE MORE THAN DESPISED HE MOANED AT FIRST BILLY DID NOT SPEAK OR EVEN VOUCHSAFE A GLANCE IN HIS DIRECTION VERY QUIETLY SHE WENT ABOUT HER PREPARATIONS FOR A SIMPLE MEAL

PAYING APPARENTLY NO MORE ATTENTION TO BERTRAM

BUT THAT HER EARS WERE ONLY SEEMINGLY AND NOT REALLY DEAF WAS SHOWN VERY CLEARLY A LITTLE LATER WHEN AT A PARTICULARLY ABJECT WAIL ON THE PART OF THE BABBLING SHADOW AT HER HEELS BILLY CHOKED INTO A LITTLE GASP

HALF LAUGHTER HALF SOB IT WAS ALL OVER THEN BERTRAM HAD HER IN HIS ARMS IN A TWINKLING WHILE TO THE FLOOR CLATTERED AND ROLLED A KNIFE AND A HALF PEELED BAKED POTATO NATURALLY AFTER THAT