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17. A Remarkable Journey
"You see," explained the Glass Cat, "that Magic Isle where Trot and
Cap'n Bill are stuck is also in this Gillikin Country--over at the
east side of it, and it's no farther to go across-lots from here than
it is from here to the Emerald City. So we'll save time by cutting
across the mountains."
"Are you sure you know the way?" asked Dorothy.
"I know all the Land of Oz better than any other living creature
knows it," asserted the Glass Cat.
"Go ahead, then, and guide us," said the Wizard. "We've left our
poor friends helpless too long already, and the sooner we rescue them
the happier they'll be."
"Are you sure you can get 'em out of their fix?" the little girl inquired.
"I've no doubt of it," the Wizard assured her. "But I can't tell
what sort of magic I must use until I get to the place and discover
just how they are enchanted."
"I've heard of that Magic Isle where the Wonderful Flower grows,"
remarked the Cowardly Lion. "Long ago, when I used to live in the
forests, the beasts told stories about the Isle and how the Magic
Flower was placed there to entrap strangers--men or beasts.
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